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Opening A Ureter To Explore Or Drain It

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 50600

Makes an incision into a ureter — the tube carrying urine from a kidney to the bladder — so the surgeon can look inside it or let trapped urine or infected fluid out. It is done when the tube is obstructed or damaged and needs to be inspected and drained directly. It is performed under general anesthesia through an incision in the flank or lower abdomen.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening A Ureter To Explore Or Drain It cost?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $9,120 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 6 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$1,148$912 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,120$1,585 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,905
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $1,148

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
$1,148.15
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in California 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.

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$1,148

CA $7,413WV $977

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.