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Freeing A Ureter Trapped Behind A Vein

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 50725

Surgery to release a ureter — the tube draining urine from the kidney — that runs behind the body's main abdominal vein and is being pinched by it. The surgeon frees the tube, moves it to a normal position in front of the vein, and rejoins the divided ends so urine flows freely again. It is done through an open abdominal or flank incision under general anesthesia and requires a hospital stay.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freeing A Ureter Trapped Behind A Vein cost?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,349$1,072 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,349 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $22,909Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,188
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in California 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$1,349

CA $7,586MD $1,175

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.