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Kidney Scope Through Surgical Opening

Iowa 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?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 7 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$631 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,239 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $891 to $8,128Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $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
$707.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$1,202

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.