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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Kansas 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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$457$398 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,622 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $589 to $8,128Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $339 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $457

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 34th of 51

$562

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.