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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

Virginia 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 8 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$407$372 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$537 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,913Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $407

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
$407.38
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$479

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.