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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

New Jersey 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?

$5,912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$417$363 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,981 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $10,715Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $324 to $4,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $417

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
$2,754.23
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$15,848.93
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 3rd of 50

$5,912

$417 physician + $5,495 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.