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Kidney Scope Through Surgical Opening

Louisiana 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?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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$741$562 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$933 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,677Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $457 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $741

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
$512.86
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$891

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.