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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Arizona 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$447$380 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,660 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,623Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $447

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 37th of 51

$513

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.