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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Iowa 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$631$490 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$1,202 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $631 to $11,482Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $631

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
$630.96
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$871

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.