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Imaging For Ureter Tube Or Stent Placement

Colorado 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?

$245

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $166 to $282.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $145 to $457Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $132 to $347
$200$500facility $170professional $257

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74

Where Colorado sits

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.

Colorado· 19th of 33

$245

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.