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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

South Carolina 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?

$3,201

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$363 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,023 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $447 to $16,596Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $363 to $776
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,754professional $447

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
$446.68
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 19th of 50

$3,201

$447 physician + $2,754 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.