go back

Ureter Endoscopy With Catheter Placement

Delaware rates for HCPCS 50972

Examination of the ureter with a small scope passed through an opening the surgeon makes in the ureter during the same operation. A catheter is passed along the ureter to keep urine draining, and rinsing or dye studies of the drainage system may be done at the same time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Catheter Placement cost?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $537 from a hospital or other facility.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$380$363 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$380 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,236Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $324 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $380

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
$363.08
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Delaware· 42nd of 51

$427

AK $1,413NY $363

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.