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Joining One Ureter Into The Other

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 50770

Reroutes urine by cutting one ureter — the tube carrying urine from a kidney to the bladder — and joining it across into the ureter on the opposite side, so both kidneys drain through a single path. It is used when one ureter is blocked, damaged, or has too little healthy length to reach the bladder on its own. It is open abdominal surgery under general anesthesia with a hospital stay.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Joining One Ureter Into The Other cost?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,042 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 7 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$2,042$1,259 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,514 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $977 to $3,311
$1K$2Kfacility $1,995professional $2,042

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
$1,148.15
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,511.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
$1,174.90
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 6.0 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.

South Dakota· 17th of 51

$2,042

CA $7,244HI $1,202

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.