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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 October 2026.

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

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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$741$550 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$1,072 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,715Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $741

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
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$832

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.