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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Vermont 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?

$575

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $468 to $575.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $468 to $692
$500$1Kprofessional $575

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in California 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.

Vermont· 27th of 51

$575

CA $2,692WV $389

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.