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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Missouri 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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$490$398 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,122 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $490 to $5,248Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $355 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $490

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
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 21st of 51

$661

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.