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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Indiana 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$457$363 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$1,660 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $617 to $19,055Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $324 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $457

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
$331.13
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,413.10
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08
5 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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 38th of 51

$468

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.