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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Florida 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$355$295 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,148 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $794 to $11,749Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $251 to $676
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $355

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
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$691.83
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
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
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 10th of 51

$794

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.