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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 July 2026.

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

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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$427$380 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,175 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,248Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,698
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,042professional $427

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
$812.83
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri $1,122 · 7th 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.