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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Pennsylvania 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?

$3,081

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,081 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$389$355 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,349 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,318Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $302 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $389

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
$537.03
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$741.31
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,412.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 29th of 50

$3,081

$389 physician + $2,692 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.