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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Nevada 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$407$363 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,585 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $363 to $8,128Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,862
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,089professional $407

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
$363.08
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$851.14

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada $457 · 44th 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.