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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

South Carolina 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $5,754 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 6 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$427$355 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,754$2,344 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $427 to $21,878Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $347 to $724
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,754professional $427

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
$426.58
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina $427 · 47th 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.