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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

North Carolina 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $933 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$537$417 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$513 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,586Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $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
$416.87
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$537

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.