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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

North Dakota 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $417 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$759$457 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$355 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,129Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $417professional $759

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
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 14th of 51

$741

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.