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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Iowa 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?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$617$468 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,239 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $646 to $12,303Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,042
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,802professional $617

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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $891 · 11th 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.