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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 October 2026.

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

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$407$363 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,148 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $407 to $10,000Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $324 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $407

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
$407.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
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
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 47th of 51

$417

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.