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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

New Jersey 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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$447$372 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$3,890 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,965Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $447

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
$741.31
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$26,915.35
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 43rd of 51

$479

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.