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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 October 2026.

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

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$457$380 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$692 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $501 to $11,220Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $316 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,042professional $457

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
$426.58
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
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
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$87.10

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 31st of 51

$525

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.