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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Pennsylvania 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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$398$363 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,413 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,318Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $316 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $398

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
$537.03
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,412.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,023.29
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 47th of 51

$457

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.