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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

Arkansas 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?

$1,349

Typical physician fee. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,000 to $1,660.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,512Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $1,318

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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Arkansas· 34th of 51

$1,349

CA $7,244HI $1,072

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.