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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Nevada 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?

$2,689

Typical total for the visit. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,689 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$398$355 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$537 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $363 to $4,467Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $309 to $631
$10$100$1Kfacility $2,291professional $398

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
$467.74
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$478.63
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
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
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 16th of 51

$2,689

$398 physician + $2,291 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.