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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Nebraska 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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$661$398 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$3,388 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $851 to $14,454Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $661

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$794

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.