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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50980

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, together with removal of a stone or a foreign object found there.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal cost?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,413$933 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$3,890 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,950
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $1,413

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
$1,659.59
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,398.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,309.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,589.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$1,660

OK $2,630NY $339

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.