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Kidney Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Michigan 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 6 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$676$562 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,042 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,918Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,884professional $676

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
$707.95
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 42nd of 51

$708

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.