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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Missouri 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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$501$417 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$1,148 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,310Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $355 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $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
$851.14
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
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
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$41.69

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 27th of 51

$562

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.