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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Oklahoma 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?

$1,850

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,850 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$407 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$513 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $339 to $6,310Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,754
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $501

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
$758.58
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 30th of 51

$1,850

$501 physician + $1,349 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.