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Kidney Scope Through Surgical Opening

Connecticut 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?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 5 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$851$603 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$3,715 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $10,471Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $851

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
$3,311.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 9th of 51

$1,122

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.