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Cystourethroscopy with Lithotripsy and Vacuum Aspiration

South Carolina rates for HCPCS C9761

Cystourethroscopy, with ureteroscopy and/or pyeloscopy, with lithotripsy, and ureteral catheterization for steerable vacuum aspiration of the kidney, collecting system, ureter, bladder, and urethra if necessary, with use of steerable ureteral catheter or suction-integrated ureteroscope

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cystourethroscopy with Lithotripsy and Vacuum Aspiration cost?

$11,220

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,220 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,310 from a physician practice, and about $11,749 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 6 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$6,310$30.20 to $6,310
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,749$9,120 to $20,417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,749 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $21,878Professionalmedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $30 to $9,120
$100$1K$10Kfacility $11,749professional $6,310

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in Montana than in Arkansas. 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 51

$11,220

MT $26,303AR $1,820

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.