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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Missouri 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?

$2,147

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,147 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$562$437 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$724 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $427 to $5,623Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $562

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
$851.14
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
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
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$42.66

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 23rd of 51

$2,147

$562 physician + $1,585 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.