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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, 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 $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 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$437 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$933 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $513 to $6,457Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $347 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $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
$501.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 20th 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.