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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

Virginia 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?

$6,518

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,518 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$1,096 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,585 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $1,148

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
$1,148.15
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$15,488.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 16th of 50

$6,518

$1,148 physician + $5,370 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.