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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Kansas 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?

$3,641

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,641 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$479$417 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,479 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $589 to $7,943Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $355 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $479

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 15th of 50

$3,641

$479 physician + $3,162 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.