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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Massachusetts 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 7 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$447$380 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,288 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $363 to $5,623Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,047
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,239professional $447

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $550 · 35th 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.