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Kidney Scope Through Surgical Opening

Ohio 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 8 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$562$468 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,698 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $933 to $12,023Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,630
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $562

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
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 25th of 51

$813

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.