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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

Massachusetts 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?

$4,013

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,013 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$1,072 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,072 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,818
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $1,259

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
$1,071.52
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,019.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,754.23
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,398.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 32nd of 50

$4,013

$1,259 physician + $2,754 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.