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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

West 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?

$1,077

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,077 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$355 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$398 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $234 to $5,888Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $575professional $501

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
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$363.08
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where West 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

West Virginia· 47th of 51

$1,077

$501 physician + $575 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.