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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Arizona 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$398$355 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,995 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $977 to $5,623Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,288
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,020professional $398

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona $661 · 21st 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.