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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Ohio 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?

$1,886

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,886 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$355 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$589 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $398 to $4,786Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $324 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $407

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
$1,318.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,348.96
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$125.89

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 29th of 51

$1,886

$407 physician + $1,479 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.