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Freeing A Compressed Ureter

Vermont 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?

$1,349

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,349 to $1,349.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $1,905
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $1,349

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Vermont· 32nd of 51

$1,349

CA $7,244HI $1,072

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.