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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Oregon 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 Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 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 8 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$759$603 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$708 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,607Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,175
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $851professional $759

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
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$20,417.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 10th 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.