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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Nevada 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?

$2,135

Typical total for the visit. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,135 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 6 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 $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$676 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $347 to $13,183Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,413
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $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
$346.74
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 37th of 50

$2,135

$437 physician + $1,698 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.