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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Michigan 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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$447$398 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,042 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $550 to $6,918Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $331 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $447

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
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 48th of 51

$457

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.