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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Tennessee 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?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$513$389 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,514 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,026Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,630
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $513

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
5 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
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 4th of 51

$1,202

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.