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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Pennsylvania 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 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$380$331 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,413 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,318Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $316 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $380

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
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,862.09
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$468

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.