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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Colorado 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?

$5,586

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,586 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$372 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$3,236 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $9,333Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $457

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
$1,202.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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

Colorado· 5th of 50

$5,586

$457 physician + $5,129 facility

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.