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Kidney Scope Through Surgical Opening

Massachusetts 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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$617$525 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,122 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,898Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $617

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,548.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 30th of 51

$741

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.