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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Connecticut 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?

$5,217

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,217 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$646$457 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$3,631 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $8,511Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $646

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
$3,311.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 6th of 50

$5,217

$646 physician + $4,571 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.