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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Idaho 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$562$501 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,479 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $759 to $12,303Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $427 to $813
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $562

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$16,982.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$6,760.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
20 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
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$20,417.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 16th of 51

$676

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.