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Releasing A Tied-Off Ureter

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 50940

Surgery that removes a tie or stitch that has been placed around the ureter, the tube carrying urine from the kidney to the bladder, freeing the tube so urine flows again. The surgeon exposes the tube, releases it, and checks that urine passes through. It is done when the tube has been closed off, usually during earlier surgery in the area.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Releasing A Tied-Off Ureter cost?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $7,413 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 5 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$1,549$1,072 to $2,042
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,413$4,898 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,692
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $1,549

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
$1,659.59
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 7.9 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.

Connecticut· 10th of 51

$1,738

CA $7,413WV $933

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.