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Ureter Scope Through Existing Opening, Stone Removal

Oregon rates for HCPCS 50961

A scope is passed through an opening that already drains a ureter — the tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder — out to the skin, and a stone or a foreign object is grasped and pulled out through it. Baskets or graspers are passed down the scope to capture the object. No new surgical opening is made.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Existing Opening, Stone Removal cost?

$759

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $631 to $933.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,607Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $525 to $977
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $759professional $724

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
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,218.10

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 33.9 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Oregon $759 · 43rd of 50
IN $12,303WV $363

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.