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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

New York 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 New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 9 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$490$398 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$1,698 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $501 to $10,965Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $490

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
$478.63
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,096.48
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,122.02
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,230.27
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where New York 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 York· 15th 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.