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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Georgia 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 Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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$525$417 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,380 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $676 to $8,710Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $355 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $525

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
$512.86
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 22nd 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.