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Kidney Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

North Carolina 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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$692$589 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$851 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,244Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $692

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
$549.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$28,183.83
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 39th of 51

$741

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.