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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 July 2026.

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

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 8 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$676$537 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$589 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $457 to $7,943Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,096
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $692professional $676

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
$870.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$20,417.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon $676 · 20th 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.