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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

South Dakota 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?

$1,646

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,646 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$407 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$525 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $372 to $4,365Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $646

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$794.33

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 45th of 50

$1,646

$646 physician + $1,000 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.