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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

North Dakota 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?

$1,144

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,144 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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$676$575 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$372 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $372 to $776Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $389 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $468professional $676

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 45th of 51

$1,144

$676 physician + $468 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.