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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Minnesota 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?

$2,350

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$871$661 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$1,000 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $708 to $10,233Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,413
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,479professional $871

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$15,848.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Minnesota 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 feeMinnesota $2,350 · 34th 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.