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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Oregon 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 October 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal cost?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $692 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$661$501 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$603 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $468 to $6,607Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,023
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $692professional $661

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,918.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$20,417.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
11 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$30,199.52

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Oklahoma than in New York. 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.

Oregon· 17th of 51

$676

OK $2,630NY $339

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.