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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Minnesota 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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$759$575 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$631 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $347 to $7,943Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,148professional $759

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$33,884.42
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$832

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.