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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Arkansas 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?

$2,188

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$490$372 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$575 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,890Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $355 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $490

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 21st of 51

$2,188

$490 physician + $1,698 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.