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Kidney Endoscopy With Ureter Catheter Placement

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 50572

Examination of the inside of the kidney with a small scope passed through an opening made into the kidney during the same operation. A catheter is passed down into the ureter, the tube that drains urine to the bladder, and a narrowed segment may be stretched open. Rinsing and dye studies of the drainage system may be done at the same time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Endoscopy With Ureter Catheter Placement cost?

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$1,023$646 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$537 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $490 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $1,023

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
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in California than in Maryland. 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.

North Dakota· 13th of 51

$1,023

CA $3,236MD $550

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.