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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Alabama 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?

$2,503

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,503 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$372 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$933 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,951Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,000
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56

Where Alabama 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 feeAlabama $2,503 · 30th 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.