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Imaging For Ureter Tube Or Stent Placement

Texas 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 July 2026.

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

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$1,380$1,380 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$174 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $126 to $676Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $224professional $1,380

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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in Tennessee than in Florida. 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.

Texas· 12th of 35

$257

TN $1,380FL $91.20

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.