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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Utah 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?

$3,712

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,712 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$437 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,239 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $490 to $6,026Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,148
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,162professional $550

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
$489.78
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$691.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$27,542.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58

Where Utah 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

Utah· 22nd of 50

$3,712

$550 physician + $3,162 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.