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Freeing the Ureter From Scar Tissue

Indiana rates for HCPCS 50715

Surgery that frees the ureter — the tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder — from surrounding scar tissue caused by retroperitoneal fibrosis. The ureter may also be moved to a new position during the same service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freeing the Ureter From Scar Tissue cost?

$11,482

Typical facility fee. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,482 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $7,762 to $16,218.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $17,783
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,482

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
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$18,620.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in Maine 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.

Indiana· 2nd of 50

$11,482

ME $13,183WV $1,148

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.