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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Nebraska 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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$631$398 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$3,388 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $14,454Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,862
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $6,761professional $631

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska $813 · 14th 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.