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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Kentucky 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?

$2,403

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,403 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$363 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,349 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,388Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $347 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $407

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
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 32nd of 50

$2,403

$407 physician + $1,995 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.