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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$1,806

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,806 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$457$389 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$575 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $363 to $6,918Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $457

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
$363.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 43rd of 50

$1,806

$457 physician + $1,349 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.