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Freeing the Ureter From Scar Tissue

Minnesota 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?

$4,898

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,898 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,311 to $8,913.

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 $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $12,589
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898

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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$37,153.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 18th of 50

$4,898

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.