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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Utah 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 7 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$513$447 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$3,020 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,079Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,175
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,388professional $513

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
$512.86
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$691.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$15,135.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31

Where Utah 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.

Utah $562 · 32nd 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.