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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 October 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$1,966

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,966 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$417$372 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$617 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $355 to $5,248Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $339 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $417

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 27th of 51

$1,966

$417 physician + $1,549 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.