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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Kansas 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$562$427 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,349 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $562 to $7,943Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $398 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $562

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
$562.34
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 19th of 51

$676

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.