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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Georgia 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 Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$490$380 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$1,514 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $759 to $9,550Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $339 to $794
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,631professional $490

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
$645.65
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia $661 · 22nd 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.