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Sealing Off A Ureter With Imaging Guidance

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 50705

A procedure that deliberately blocks off a ureter, the tube that drains urine from a kidney to the bladder. Coils, plugs, or other sealing material are placed through a small puncture in the skin, positioned using X-ray or ultrasound guidance. It is used when urine is leaking through an abnormal opening or must be kept away from the bladder.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sealing Off A Ureter With Imaging Guidance cost?

$3,876

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,876 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$324 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$437 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $209 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $162 to $4,266
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $1,585

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
$177.83
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,570.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$3,890.45
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$5,011.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in New Hampshire than in Wyoming. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Dakota· 21st of 49

$3,876

$1,585 physician + $2,291 facility

NH $9,425WY $808

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.