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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Colorado 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 Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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 7 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$427$355 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$3,388 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $617 to $17,378Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,175
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $6,761professional $427

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
$588.84
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado $3,236 · 1st 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.