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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Illinois 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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 6 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$447$355 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$977 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $537 to $7,762Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,122
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,862professional $447

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
$467.74
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois $676 · 18th 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.