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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Alabama 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?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 4 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$661$363 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,148 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $692 to $5,754Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $339 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $661

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Colorado 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.

Alabama· 17th of 51

$692

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.