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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 July 2026.

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

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $12,882 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 5 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$407$355 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,882$4,467 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,882 · 10th to 90th $977 to $25,704Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $331 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,882professional $407

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
$398.11
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 23rd of 51

$631

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.