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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Oregon 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?

$1,400

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,400 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$692$525 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$603 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,012Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $708professional $692

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$13,803.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
11 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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 37th of 51

$1,400

$692 physician + $708 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.