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Procedure price report · Ureteral catheterization

Surgical opening of the ureter to place a stent

CPT 50605the billing code this page is about

The surgeon cuts into the ureter and inserts an indwelling stent of any type to keep the tube open.

Hospitals typically charge $2,454 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 239 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,805. Most fall between $1,580 and $4,686 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
239
States
42
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 239 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,037$1,605$2,454$4,613$6,220

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,037 vs $6,220).

How the prices are spread

$628 – $843: 5 hospitals$628$843 – $1,134: 13 hospitals$1,134 – $1,524: 11 hospitals$1,134$1,524 – $2,048: 53 hospitals$2,048 – $2,753: 38 hospitals$2,048$2,753 – $3,701: 34 hospitals$3,701 – $4,975: 34 hospitals$3,701$4,975 – $6,687: 22 hospitals$6,687 – $8,988: 3 hospitals$6,687$8,988 – $12,081: 4 hospitals$8,988median $2,454price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (217 of 239 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$628$8435
$843$1,13413
$1,134$1,52411
$1,524$2,04853
$2,048$2,75338
$2,753$3,70134
$3,701$4,97534
$4,975$6,68722
$6,687$8,9883
$8,988$12,0814

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,454.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,580 across 11 hospitalsIL$1,580Wisconsin: median $4,686 across 12 hospitalsWI$4,686Michigan: median $1,460 across 16 hospitalsMI$1,460New York: median $2,836 across 11 hospitalsNY$2,836Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,454 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,454Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,857 across 10 hospitalsOH$3,857Pennsylvania: median $634 across 19 hospitalsPA$634New Jersey: median $5,741 across 20 hospitalsNJ$5,741Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $1,658 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,658Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,220 across 14 hospitalsTX$6,220Florida: median $3,679 across 19 hospitalsFL$3,679
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,454. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Texas TX14$6,220+154%$2,365 – $6,220
New Jersey NJ20$5,741+134%$4,350 – $13,893
Wisconsin WI12$4,686+91%$4,686 – $4,686
Ohio OH10$3,857+57%$1,600 – $4,365
Florida FL19$3,679+50%$3,679 – $31,692
New York NY11$2,836+16%$1,203 – $4,265
Iowa IA16$2,4540%$2,454 – $2,454
Oklahoma OK10$1,658−32%$1,658 – $1,658
Illinois IL11$1,580−36%$1,580 – $2,336
Michigan MI16$1,460−41%$1,401 – $1,872
Pennsylvania PA19$634−74%$361 – $2,773
California CA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,454.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care200$2,455$1,580 – $4,686
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access30$2,283$1,580 – $4,686
Ownership
For-profit22$2,365$1,580 – $3,679
Government41$2,280$1,605 – $6,220
Non-profit175$2,488$1,533 – $4,686
System affiliation
Part of a system195$2,654$1,580 – $4,686
Independent44$2,095$1,582 – $3,222

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,375
Median cash price$2,454
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

175 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,365 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,365; most fall between $1,426 and $4,009.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 175 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$938$1,580$2,365$3,679$4,907

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($938 vs $4,907).

Of the 199 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 175 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 3 a list price only.

How complete is this

239 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 301 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted239
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded21
Hospitals that filed this code301

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Ureteral catheterization family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Ureterotomy Insertion Indwelling Stent All Types.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Surgical opening of the ureter to place a stent (CPT 50605) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50605-surgical-opening-of-the-ureter-to-place-a-stent