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Ureter Endoscopy With Cauterizing Or Incision

West 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 4 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$372 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$331 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,413Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $331 to $550
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $398professional $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
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 51st of 51

$398

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.