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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$2,557

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$389 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,148 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $380 to $5,129Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,072
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,089professional $468

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,174.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMassachusetts $2,557 · 29th of 50
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.