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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$4,448

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,448 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$646$479 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,239 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $676 to $8,128Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $646

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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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· 10th of 50

$4,448

$646 physician + $3,802 facility

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.