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Kidney Scope Through Surgical Opening

Tennessee 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?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$617$537 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,202 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,754Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,549
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $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
$575.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 32nd of 51

$724

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.