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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Oklahoma 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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 4 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$479$398 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$759 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,457Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $479

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
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 7th of 51

$871

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.