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Opening The Ureter To Place A Stent

Alabama rates for HCPCS 50605

Opens the ureter, the tube carrying urine from a kidney down to the bladder, during surgery so a stent can be placed inside it. The stent is a soft tube that holds the passage open and keeps urine draining while the ureter heals; the opening is then closed around it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening The Ureter To Place A Stent cost?

$2,344

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,259 to $4,571.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $891 to $5,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344

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
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Maine 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.

Alabama· 40th of 50

$2,344

ME $13,183WV $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.