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Kidney Scope Through Surgical Opening

New Jersey 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?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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$550$479 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$3,890 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $10,715Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $437 to $4,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $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
$2,290.87
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,848.93
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 34th of 51

$692

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.