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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Oklahoma 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?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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$407$389 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$1,380 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $759 to $11,482Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,570
$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,677professional $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
$501.19
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma $2,884 · 3rd 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.