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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Idaho 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?

$2,933

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,933 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$513 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$631 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $417 to $7,762Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $447 to $832
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,344professional $589

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$11,481.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
20 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$97.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 13th of 51

$2,933

$589 physician + $2,344 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.