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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

North Dakota 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 5 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$692$457 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$355 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $331 to $8,511Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $355 to $891
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $355professional $692

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
$354.81
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota $676 · 19th 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.