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Surgical Removal Of A Ureter

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50660

Surgery to remove a ureter, the narrow tube that carries urine from a kidney down to the bladder. It is done when the tube is diseased, badly damaged, or abnormally formed so that it cannot drain urine properly. The operation takes place under general anesthesia in an operating room and usually involves an inpatient stay.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Removal Of A Ureter cost?

$4,571

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,571 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,571 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,571$3,020 to $4,571
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $6,457
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $5,370professional $4,571

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,762.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$4,571

AK $4,571UT $794

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.