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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,974

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,974 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$363 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$437 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $324 to $5,370Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $324 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $389

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
$537.03
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,677.35
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,238.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
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
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 25th of 51

$1,974

$389 physician + $1,585 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.