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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Virginia 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?

$2,397

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,397 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$389 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$479 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $389 to $10,000Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $347 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $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
$446.68
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 34th of 50

$2,397

$447 physician + $1,950 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.