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Kidney Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Nebraska 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?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 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$1,000$631 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$3,388 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $513 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,079professional $1,000

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$15,488.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$1,259

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.