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Opening The Ureter To Place A Stent

Oklahoma 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?

$6,457

Typical facility fee. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,995 to $11,220.

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 $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $15,849
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457

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
$1,122.02
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 15th of 50

$6,457

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.