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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Montana 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $537 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$363 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$537 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,162Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $79 to $631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $537professional $537

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 29th of 51

$537

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.