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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Georgia 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?

$3,533

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,533 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$513$389 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,380 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $759 to $7,079Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $355 to $933
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $3,020professional $513

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
$676.08
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96

Where Georgia 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 feeGeorgia $3,533 · 17th 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.