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Kidney Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

North Dakota 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 5 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$1,096$724 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$562 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,413
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $562professional $1,096

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
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 14th of 51

$1,072

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.