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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Tennessee 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?

$3,027

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,027 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$457$407 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,349 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,000Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $347 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $457

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
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$28,183.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 30th of 50

$3,027

$457 physician + $2,570 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.