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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 October 2026.

How much does Kidney Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision cost?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$794$589 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$550 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $339 to $5,129Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,715
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $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
$1,318.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,495.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,905.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,238.72
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,495.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,511.89
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,698.24
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
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
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$177.83

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 33rd of 51

$794

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.