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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

New Mexico 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?

$2,579

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,579 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$490$398 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$708 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,890Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $107 to $692
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $490

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
$389.05
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$524.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 19th of 51

$2,579

$490 physician + $2,089 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.