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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 October 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$3,104

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,104 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$813$676 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$646 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,244Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $479 to $2,630
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $813

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$3,104

$813 physician + $2,291 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.