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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Nebraska 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?

$5,026

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,026 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$661$417 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$3,388 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $13,490Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,950
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,365professional $661

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNebraska $5,026 · 7th of 50
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.