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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Montana 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 Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $724 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$676$575 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$603 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $589 to $832Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $724professional $676

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 17th 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.