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Kidney Scope Through Surgical Opening

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50570

Inspection of the inside of a kidney and its collecting system with a scope passed through an opening made surgically in the kidney during an operation. It is a look only, to see what is there, with no treatment carried out through the scope.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,698$1,072 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$589 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $490 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $1,698

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,235.94
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,235.94
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.3 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$1,698

CA $3,236WV $513

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.