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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Massachusetts 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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 8 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$537$380 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$447 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,129Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $537

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
$446.68
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,412.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 31st of 51

$550

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.