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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 July 2026.

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

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$832$631 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$977 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $676 to $15,136Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,349
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,413professional $832

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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $851 · 12th 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.