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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50957

Examination of the ureter, the tube draining urine from a kidney to the bladder, using a small scope passed through a drainage opening that is already in place. 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 Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision cost?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $813 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$1,413$776 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$550 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $417 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $813professional $1,413

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,398.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$1,413

CA $2,692WV $398

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.