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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

New York 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?

$4,238

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,238 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$363 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,399 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $617 to $8,318Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $437

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
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$933.25
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,000.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,174.90
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,318.26
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where New York 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 York· 12th of 50

$4,238

$437 physician + $3,802 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.