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Imaging For Ureter Tube Or Stent Placement

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 74480

The X-ray imaging and interpretation that accompanies placing a tube or stent into the ureter, the tube carrying urine from the kidney to the bladder, with contrast injected so the ureter can be seen. This covers the imaging work rather than the placement itself.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Imaging For Ureter Tube Or Stent Placement cost?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 26 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,380$1,380 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$162 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $115 to $661Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,380
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $240professional $1,380

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
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$457.09
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$691.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$194.98
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$72.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
Health Smart
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$74.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$257.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$323.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$154.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87
1 more rate 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
27 · Multiple hospital visits
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 45.7 times more in Missouri than in South Carolina. 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.

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MO $1,380SC $30.20

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.