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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

New Mexico 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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$447$339 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$513 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $468 to $7,762Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,862
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,047professional $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
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico $447 · 45th 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.