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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

Nevada 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?

$5,462

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,462 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$1,096$1,072 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,096 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,311
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,365professional $1,096

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
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 22nd of 50

$5,462

$1,096 physician + $4,365 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.