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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

Kansas 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?

$4,949

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,949 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$1,318$1,175 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,820 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,995
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $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
$1,412.54
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 25th of 50

$4,949

$1,318 physician + $3,631 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.