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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Maryland 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?

$398

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $355 to $661.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $263 to $2,884Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $339 to $741
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $676professional $389

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$39.81

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$398

AK $1,479NY $372

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.