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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

South Carolina 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?

$5,344

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,344 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$447$407 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$676 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $437 to $16,596Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $813
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $447

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
$416.87
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 12th of 50

$5,344

$447 physician + $4,898 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.