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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Colorado 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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$457$417 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$3,236 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $589 to $17,378Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $355 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $457

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
$446.68
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 23rd of 51

$646

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.