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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$736

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $736 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $347 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$389$363 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$347$347 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,413Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $347 to $525
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $347professional $389

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$736

$389 physician + $347 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.