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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Rhode Island 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?

$490

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $562.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $8,913Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $363 to $661
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,715professional $437

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island $490 · 38th 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.