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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$1,096

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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$724$407 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$372 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $347 to $8,511Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $372 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $372professional $724

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
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 49th of 50

$1,096

$724 physician + $372 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.