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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$2,606

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,606 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$468$355 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$955 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $525 to $4,074Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,950
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $468

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
$512.86
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$524.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 28th of 50

$2,606

$468 physician + $2,138 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.