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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 50557

Inspection of the inside of a kidney with a thin scope passed through a drainage tract that already runs from the skin into the kidney. Abnormal tissue is burned away or a narrowed area is cut open during the same session. Rinsing the collecting system, injecting dye for pictures, and taking a small tissue sample may be included.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery cost?

$6,325

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,325 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$363 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$3,890 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,965Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $437

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$34,673.69
Typical High
$46,773.51
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 38.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Jersey· 8th of 50

$6,325

$437 physician + $5,888 facility

IN $29,959WV $778

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.