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Stone Removal, Middle Of The Ureter

Georgia rates for HCPCS 50620

Open surgery to take out a stone lodged in the middle section of the ureter, the tube carrying urine from the kidney down to the bladder. Through an incision the surgeon opens the tube directly over the stone, lifts it out, and closes the tube so urine drains normally again. It is used when a stone cannot be passed or cleared by less invasive means.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stone Removal, Middle Of The Ureter cost?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,230$955 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,188 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $1,230

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
$1,445.44
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,137.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in California than in Maryland. 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.

Georgia· 22nd of 51

$1,549

CA $6,607MD $955

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.