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Kidney Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Kidney Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision cost?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 7 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$708$589 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,288 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $575 to $5,129Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,622
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $708

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$12,589.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$12,589.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Massachusetts sits

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

Massachusetts· 29th of 51

$871

CA $3,388HI $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.