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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Michigan 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?

$3,265

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,265 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$447$372 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$2,042 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,754Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $447

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
$467.74
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 18th of 50

$3,265

$447 physician + $2,818 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.