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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

California 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?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 12 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$457$363 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,020 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $13,490Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,042
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,571professional $457

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
$1,737.80
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,023.29
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where California 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.

California $3,236 · 2nd 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.