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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

New Hampshire 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?

$2,340

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,340 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$603$407 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,514 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $9,772Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $603

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
$100.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 35th of 50

$2,340

$603 physician + $1,738 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.