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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

Virginia 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$468$398 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$490 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,710Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $355 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $468

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
$467.74
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$490

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.