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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Texas 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$457$398 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$708 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $447 to $7,586Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $339 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $457

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
$512.86
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 35th of 51

$525

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.