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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Delaware 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?

$935

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $935 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$372 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$380 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,802Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $331 to $646
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $398

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 51st of 51

$935

$398 physician + $537 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.