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Exchange Of A Stent Inside The Ureter

Idaho 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?

$2,159

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$347 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,230 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,248Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $282 to $2,188
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,089.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,606.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,466.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
9 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$288.40

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 45th of 51

$2,159

$646 physician + $1,514 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.