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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Utah 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?

$3,913

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,913 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$525$447 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$3,020 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,026Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,230
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $525

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
$524.81
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$741.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,232.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25

Where Utah 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

Utah· 14th of 50

$3,913

$525 physician + $3,388 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.