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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

Minnesota 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?

$6,665

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,665 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$2,399$1,820 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,754 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $12,303Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $2,399

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
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,570.88
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,585.78
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 15th of 50

$6,665

$2,399 physician + $4,266 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.