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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 July 2026.

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

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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 6 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$407$347 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$2,042 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,918Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $309 to $724
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,169professional $407

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
$446.68
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan $447 · 46th 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.