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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$3,081

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,081 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$339 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,413 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,318Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $324 to $724
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0K$50.0Kfacility $2,692professional $389

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
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,949.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$489.78
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31

Where Pennsylvania 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 feePennsylvania $3,081 · 23rd 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.