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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Kentucky 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$398$355 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,380 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $832 to $3,890Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $331 to $794
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,089professional $398

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
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky $575 · 29th 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.