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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

South Dakota 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?

$3,774

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,774 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$1,778$1,096 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,349 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $871 to $2,884
$1K$2Kfacility $1,995professional $1,778

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,585.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,818.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 37th of 50

$3,774

$1,778 physician + $1,995 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.