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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 July 2026.

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

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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$550$417 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,023 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,607Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $331 to $631
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,188professional $550

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
$501.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $933 · 10th 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.