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Exchange Of A Stent Inside The Ureter

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50385

Removes a stent sitting inside the ureter, the tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder, and puts a fresh one in its place. The old stent is caught with a small snare and drawn out, and the new one is positioned under imaging guidance. Stents are exchanged on a schedule because they crust and block over time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Exchange Of A Stent Inside The Ureter cost?

$3,773

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,773 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,202$851 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$2,089 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,266
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $1,202

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Oklahoma than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 9th of 51

$3,773

$1,202 physician + $2,570 facility

OK $6,359MD $1,574

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.