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Kidney Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Mississippi 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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$1,000$589 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$617 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $479 to $7,413Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,549
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,122professional $1,000

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
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$263.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 14th of 51

$1,000

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.