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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 October 2026.

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

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$380$355 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$912 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,166Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $316 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $380

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
$537.03
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,238.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
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
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,071.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 46th of 51

$427

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.