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Ureter Scope Through Incision, Stone Removal

West 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $339 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 4 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$372$355 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$339 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,413Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $339 to $513
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $339professional $372

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
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia $372 · 50th 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.