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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

South Dakota 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?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$741$575 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$525 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,884Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,000
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,514professional $741

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 11th of 51

$759

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.