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Kidney Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Utah 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 7 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$813$708 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$3,020 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $813 to $6,026Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,862
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $813

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
$812.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,380.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$27,542.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 30th of 51

$871

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.