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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Arizona 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?

$3,108

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,108 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$363 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,514 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,623Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,318
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,692professional $417

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95

Where Arizona 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 feeArizona $3,108 · 22nd 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.