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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Michigan 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$457$407 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,230 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,012Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $302 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $457

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
$457.09
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
10 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
$204.17
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 39th of 51

$468

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.