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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50722

Surgery that frees the ureter, the tube carrying urine from the kidney to the bladder, from tissue or a structure pressing on it and blocking the flow of urine. Releasing the tube restores drainage and protects the kidney from back-pressure damage. The tube may be repositioned so it is no longer trapped.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freeing A Compressed Ureter cost?

$5,373

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,373 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$3,467$2,239 to $4,786
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,259 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $9,772Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $6,457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $3,467

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
$3,090.30
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,309.57
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Maine 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· 23rd of 50

$5,373

$3,467 physician + $1,905 facility

ME $14,563MD $1,757

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.