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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Hawaii 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?

$1,318

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$389 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$813 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,884Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $30 to $724
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $447

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
$691.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 41st of 51

$1,318

$447 physician + $871 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.