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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$2,309

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,309 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$398 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,175 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,248Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $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
$416.87
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 36th of 50

$2,309

$447 physician + $1,862 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.