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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

Kentucky 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?

$8,316

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,316 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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$1,072$1,023 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$1,259 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $1,072

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
$851.14
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,456.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 11th of 50

$8,316

$1,072 physician + $7,244 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.