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Kidney Scope Through Surgical Opening

Nebraska 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?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$871$550 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,388 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $14,454Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $871

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 11th of 51

$1,096

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.