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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

South Dakota 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 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 7 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$676$417 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$537 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,365Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $676

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 18th of 51

$676

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.