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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

New Jersey 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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$398$347 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$4,266 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $10,965Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $316 to $4,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $398

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
$2,754.23
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$25,703.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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.

New Jersey· 37th of 51

$525

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.