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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Massachusetts 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?

$1,050

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,050 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$389 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$363 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $240 to $3,311Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,570
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $525professional $525

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
$1,174.90
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,174.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,089.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,230.27
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,168.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,089.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,174.90
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
5 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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$117.49

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 49th of 51

$1,050

$525 physician + $525 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.