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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 October 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$3,143

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,143 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$389$324 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,349 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $692 to $6,918Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $302 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $389

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
$3,162.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$977.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$891.25
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 9th of 51

$3,143

$389 physician + $2,754 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.