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Opening The Ureter To Place A Stent

North Carolina 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?

$3,715

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,445 to $6,166.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $977 to $10,715
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715

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
$1,000.00
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 29th of 50

$3,715

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.