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Opening The Ureter To Place A Stent

Nevada 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?

$3,981

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,820 to $5,248.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $15 to $1,549
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,072

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 27th of 50

$3,981

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.