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Ureteral Stent Removal By Snare, Without A Scope

Iowa rates for HCPCS 50386

Removes a stent sitting inside the ureter by passing a fine snare up through the urethra to catch the stent and withdraw it, with no viewing scope used. X-ray imaging guides the snare and confirms the stent has been captured and has come out whole. It is done once the stent has served its purpose after stone treatment, surgery or a spell of blockage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ureteral Stent Removal By Snare, Without A Scope cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$933$257 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,660 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $457 to $6,761Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $182 to $2,042
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $933

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
$1,096.48
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,949.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in California than in Wyoming. 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$1,000

CA $1,905WY $468

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.