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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Montana 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?

$1,262

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,262 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$550 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$617 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $617 to $776Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,950
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $631professional $631

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$1,262

$631 physician + $631 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.