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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Indiana 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?

$6,564

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,564 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$398$347 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$3,467 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $977 to $10,471Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $339 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $398

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
$407.38
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 2nd of 50

$6,564

$398 physician + $6,166 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.