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Opening The Ureter To Place A Stent

South 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?

$9,120

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,622 to $16,596.

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 $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $21,878
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120

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
$1,230.27
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 4th of 50

$9,120

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.