go back

Ureter Stent Placed Through The Skin

Colorado rates for HCPCS 50694

Places a thin drainage tube, called a stent, into the ureter, the tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder, working through a puncture in the skin over the kidney under imaging guidance. The route into the kidney is created during this same session. The stent keeps urine draining past a blockage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ureter Stent Placed Through The Skin cost?

$6,761

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,761 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,548 to $10,000.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,162
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $1,549

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
$1,122.02
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,162.28
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,848.93

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Indiana 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.

Colorado· 7th of 50

$6,761

IN $10,233WV $1,000

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.