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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 October 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$1,301

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,301 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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$776$603 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$468 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,239Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,023
$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,951.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,023.29
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 42nd of 51

$1,301

$776 physician + $525 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.