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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

New York 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?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 9 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$427$339 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,630 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $631 to $11,482Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $427

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
$489.78
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$891.25
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,621.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,122.02
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,148.15
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where New York 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 York· 8th of 51

$1,096

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.