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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Alaska 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 October 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$4,868

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,868 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$977 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,738 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,511.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,168.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,964.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$4,868

$1,479 physician + $3,388 facility

AK $4,868DE $935

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.