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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 50970

Inspection of the inside of a ureter, the tube draining urine from a kidney to the bladder, using a scope passed through an opening made in the ureter during an operation. It is a look only, with no treatment carried out through the scope.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$3,779

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,779 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 65 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$380 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,549 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $617 to $9,772Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,288
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $468

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
$562.34
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Maine 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

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ME $7,734WV $736

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.