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Exchange Of A Stent Inside The Ureter

Ohio 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?

$2,326

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,326 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$257 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$912 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,888Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,738
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,511.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,659.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
1 more rate 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 38th of 51

$2,326

$977 physician + $1,349 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.