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Ureter Endoscopy With Tissue Sample

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 50974

Examination of the ureter with a small scope passed through an opening the surgeon makes in the ureter during the same operation, together with removal of a small piece of tissue for laboratory examination. Rinsing and dye studies of the drainage system may be done at the same time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Tissue Sample cost?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$832$575 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,715 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $10,471Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $832

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
$3,311.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in California 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.

Connecticut· 11th of 51

$1,096

CA $3,388WV $490

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.