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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Florida 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?

$5,628

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,628 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$380$339 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,698 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $676 to $13,490Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $316 to $776
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,248professional $380

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
$645.65
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$933.25
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19

Where Florida 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 feeFlorida $5,628 · 4th 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.