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Exchange Of A Stent Inside The Ureter

Missouri 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 July 2026.

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

$3,236

Typical facility fee. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,778 to $5,129.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,079
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236

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
$812.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Indiana 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.

Missouri· 19th of 50

$3,236

IN $6,607WV $912

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.