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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Louisiana 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$407 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,288 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $759 to $7,762Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $331 to $617
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $490

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
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
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
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$661

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.