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Balloon Widening Of A Narrowed Ureter

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50706

Passes a balloon to a narrowed segment of the tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder and inflates it to stretch the narrowing open, with imaging used to guide it into place. Restoring the channel lets urine drain freely and protects the kidney. It is performed as part of another urinary tract procedure and billed in addition to it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening Of A Narrowed Ureter cost?

$2,152

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,152 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$708 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$871 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $479 to $9,772Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,548
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $977

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
$870.96
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,011.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,311.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 20.8 times more in Alabama 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 11th of 51

$2,152

$977 physician + $1,175 facility

AL $10,776MD $518

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.