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Kidney Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Kansas rates for HCPCS 50576

Examination of the inside of the kidney with a small scope passed through an opening made into the kidney during the same operation. Abnormal tissue is destroyed with heat or a narrowed area is cut open, and a tissue sample may be taken at the same time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Kidney Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision cost?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$794$661 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$813 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $490 to $6,607Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,754
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $794

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Kansas· 20th of 51

$933

AK $2,239NY $575

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.