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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

North Carolina 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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$447$380 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$562 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $347 to $8,710Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,072
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,349professional $447

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
$346.74
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $479 · 39th 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.