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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 October 2026.

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

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$380 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$389 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $229 to $5,129Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $257 to $2,399
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $501

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
$1,122.02
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,754.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,584.89
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,698.24
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$112.20

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 32nd of 51

$525

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.