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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 July 2026.

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

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 8 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$513$447 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$1,000 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $490 to $13,183Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $355 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $513

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$16,982.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,128.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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· 28th of 51

$589

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.