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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

North Carolina 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?

$1,375

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,375 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$562$447 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$398 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $339 to $4,169Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $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
$363.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
13 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
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$147.91

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 38th of 51

$1,375

$562 physician + $813 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.