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Exchange Of A Stent Inside The Ureter

Mississippi 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?

$2,125

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,125 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$407 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$912 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,890Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,455
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $977

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
$416.87
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,862.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 46th of 51

$2,125

$977 physician + $1,148 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.