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Ureter Replacement Using Bowel

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 50840

Surgery that replaces a damaged, scarred, or blocked ureter, the tube carrying urine from the kidney to the bladder, with a segment of the patient's own intestine. The bowel segment is joined to the kidney's drainage system at one end and to the bladder at the other, and the remaining intestine is reconnected. It restores urine drainage when the ureter cannot be repaired directly.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ureter Replacement Using Bowel cost?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$1,698$1,288 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,380 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,311
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $1,698

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
$1,202.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

North Carolina· 24th of 51

$1,778

CA $8,511WV $1,288

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.