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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$1,416

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,416 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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$550 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$617 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $468 to $6,607Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,148
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $724professional $692

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
$912.01
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$13,803.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 47th of 50

$1,416

$692 physician + $724 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.