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Kidney Scope Through Surgical Opening

Kentucky 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$550$479 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$631 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $457 to $10,715Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $550

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
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$589

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.