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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

Indiana 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?

$12,604

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,604 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,482 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$1,122$1,023 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,482$7,762 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,482professional $1,122

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
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 2nd of 50

$12,604

$1,122 physician + $11,482 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.