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Ureter Brought Out Through The Skin

Iowa 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?

$4,183

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,183 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,445 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,380 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,951
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $1,995

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
$1,380.38
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,691.53
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,079.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,090.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 11.9 times more in Maine than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 17th of 51

$4,183

$1,995 physician + $2,188 facility

ME $17,198DE $1,445

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.