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Stitching A Cut Or Torn Ureter

Iowa rates for HCPCS 50900

Surgical repair of a ureter, the tube carrying urine from the kidney to the bladder, that has been cut or torn. The ends are stitched so the tube holds urine again and drains without leaking into the surrounding tissue.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stitching A Cut Or Torn Ureter cost?

$3,774

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,774 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$1,778$1,288 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,349 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $1,778

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
$1,258.93
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
$933.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 11.3 times more in Maine 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 16th of 51

$3,774

$1,778 physician + $1,995 facility

ME $16,690MD $1,474

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.