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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 October 2026.

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

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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$661$550 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$355 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,630Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $372 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $661

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 15th of 51

$676

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.