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Ureter Endoscopy With Catheter Placement

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Catheter Placement cost?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$550$417 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$933 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,365Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $331 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $550

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
$501.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in California than in Maryland. 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$891

CA $3,236MD $372

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.