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Ureter Brought Out Through The Skin

Alabama rates for HCPCS 50860

Surgery that redirects the tube carrying urine down from a kidney so that it opens onto the surface of the abdomen instead of draining into the bladder. Urine then empties continuously into a pouch worn against the skin. It is done when the bladder or the passage below it cannot be used safely.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ureter Brought Out Through The Skin cost?

$1,862

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $933 to $10,000.

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

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $575 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,862
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $10,000professional $1,230

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Alabama· 8th of 51

$1,862

AK $3,802UT $661

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.