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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$1,797

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,797 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$417$407 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$891 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,457Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,570
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,380professional $417

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
$501.19
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeOklahoma $1,797 · 44th of 50
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.