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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

Connecticut 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?

$9,275

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,275 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,259 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$4,898 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $977 to $3,020
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $1,862

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
$1,949.84
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,884.03
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 8th of 50

$9,275

$1,862 physician + $7,413 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.