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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

New Mexico 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $851 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$457$417 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$603 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $490 to $7,762Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,862
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $851professional $457

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
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 38th of 51

$513

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.