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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Minnesota 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$891$646 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,023 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $417 to $15,136Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,778professional $891

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
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$933

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.