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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Virginia 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?

$2,376

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,376 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$389 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$562 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $417 to $7,079Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,042
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,950professional $427

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
$416.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58

Where Virginia 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 feeVirginia $2,376 · 33rd 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.