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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 July 2026.

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

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 6 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$1,230$776 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$417 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $355 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,291
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $871professional $1,230

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,511.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $1,230 · 6th of 51
CO $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.