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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$2,200

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,200 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$1,288$813 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$437 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $372 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,399
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $912professional $1,288

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $2,200 · 38th of 50
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.