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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

Nebraska 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?

$10,331

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,331 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$1,820$977 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,761 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $933 to $5,370
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,820

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 5th of 50

$10,331

$1,820 physician + $8,511 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.