go back

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 October 2026.

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

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$427 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$2,570 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $13,804Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $355 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $525

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Oklahoma than in New York. 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.

Colorado· 13th of 51

$708

OK $2,630NY $339

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.