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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

New York 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?

$5,156

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,156 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$389 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$1,698 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $513 to $14,454Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $479

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
$467.74
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,202.26
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,202.26
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where New York 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 York· 13th of 50

$5,156

$479 physician + $4,677 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.