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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Kentucky 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 6 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$427$389 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,148 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,802Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $427

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
$398.11
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 39th of 51

$501

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.