Ureter Scope Through Existing Opening, With Catheter

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 50953

A scope is passed through an opening that already drains a ureter — the tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder — out to the skin, letting the inside of that tube be inspected. A fine tube is then guided along the ureter, which may be gently stretched open in the process. No new surgical opening is made.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Existing Opening, With Catheter cost?

$3,798

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,798 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

15% physician fee85% facility fee

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 52 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$562	$427 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$3,236	$1,230 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $501 to $10,233Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,148

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $446.68 Median $2,630.27 Typical High $8,709.64	Facility	Global	$446.68	$2,630.27	$8,709.64
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,621.81 Median $4,786.30 Typical High $13,489.63	Facility	Global	$1,621.81	$4,786.30	$13,489.63
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $512.86 Median $1,380.38 Typical High $3,890.45	Facility	Global	$512.86	$1,380.38	$3,890.45
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $977.24 Median $3,019.95 Typical High $7,244.36	Facility	Global	$977.24	$3,019.95	$7,244.36

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Wisconsin than in South Dakota. 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

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WI $7,562SD $1,440

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.