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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Iowa 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?

$2,708

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,708 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$759$575 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$794 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $537 to $7,586Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $759

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 51

$2,708

$759 physician + $1,950 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.