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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

Tennessee 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?

$3,830

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,830 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$1,122 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$2,042 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,818
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,318

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 35th of 50

$3,830

$1,318 physician + $2,512 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.