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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract

Balloon widening of a narrowed ureter

CPT 50706the billing code this page is about

Image-guided inflation of a balloon inside a narrowed segment of ureter to widen it, including the imaging done during the procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $1,756 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,369 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,885. Most fall between $641 and $3,612 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,369
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 1,369 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
$374$821$1,756$3,247$5,335

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($374 vs $5,335).

How the prices are spread

$229 – $327: 55 hospitals$229$327 – $467: 67 hospitals$467 – $666: 99 hospitals$467$666 – $950: 125 hospitals$950 – $1,356: 139 hospitals$950$1,356 – $1,935: 186 hospitals$1,935 – $2,761: 192 hospitals$1,935$2,761 – $3,939: 223 hospitals$3,939 – $5,620: 102 hospitals$3,939$5,620 – $8,019: 54 hospitals$5,620median $1,756price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,242 of 1,369 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$229$32755
$327$46767
$467$66699
$666$950125
$950$1,356139
$1,356$1,935186
$1,935$2,761192
$2,761$3,939223
$3,939$5,620102
$5,620$8,01954

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,756.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,929 across 34 hospitalsWA$1,929Idaho: median $3,367 across 10 hospitalsID$3,367Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,930 across 38 hospitalsMN$1,930Illinois: median $2,033 across 71 hospitalsIL$2,033Wisconsin: median $2,220 across 53 hospitalsWI$2,220Michigan: median $1,460 across 56 hospitalsMI$1,460New York: median $774 across 36 hospitalsNY$774Massachusetts: median $624 across 24 hospitalsMA$624Oregon: median $1,658 across 26 hospitalsOR$1,658Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,316 across 21 hospitalsIA$2,316Indiana: median $1,490 across 41 hospitalsIN$1,490Ohio: median $1,375 across 84 hospitalsOH$1,375Pennsylvania: median $1,756 across 67 hospitalsPA$1,756New Jersey: median $3,680 across 32 hospitalsNJ$3,680Connecticut: median $1,287 across 11 hospitalsCT$1,287Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,198 across 116 hospitalsCA$3,198Utah: median $3,899 across 23 hospitalsUT$3,899Colorado: median $1,264 across 31 hospitalsCO$1,264Nebraska: median $1,843 across 15 hospitalsNE$1,843Missouri: median $1,103 across 23 hospitalsMO$1,103Kentucky: median $1,618 across 16 hospitalsKY$1,618West Virginia: median $291 across 13 hospitalsWV$291Virginia: median $680 across 32 hospitalsVA$680Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $900 across 25 hospitalsAZ$900New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $657 across 12 hospitalsAR$657Tennessee: median $586 across 28 hospitalsTN$586North Carolina: median $1,306 across 39 hospitalsNC$1,306South Carolina: median $2,136 across 27 hospitalsSC$2,136Oklahoma: median $1,002 across 17 hospitalsOK$1,002Louisiana: median $1,026 across 22 hospitalsLA$1,026Mississippi: median $1,290 across 18 hospitalsMS$1,290Alabama: median $2,773 across 13 hospitalsAL$2,773Georgia: median $910 across 49 hospitalsGA$910Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,277 across 103 hospitalsTX$2,277Florida: median $2,411 across 76 hospitalsFL$2,411
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,756. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT23$3,899+122%$3,899 – $4,587
New Jersey NJ32$3,680+110%$844 – $5,741
Idaho ID10$3,367+92%$2,000 – $3,367
California CA116$3,198+82%$1,076 – $8,019
Alabama AL13$2,773+58%$180 – $3,672
Florida FL76$2,411+37%$923 – $4,492
Iowa IA21$2,316+32%$1,168 – $3,328
Texas TX103$2,277+30%$1,528 – $3,780
Wisconsin WI53$2,220+26%$617 – $3,335
South Carolina SC27$2,136+22%$2,136 – $3,407
Illinois IL71$2,033+16%$750 – $4,992
Minnesota MN38$1,930+10%$1,274 – $3,693
Washington WA34$1,929+10%$1,211 – $3,990
Nebraska NE15$1,843+5%$427 – $4,303
Pennsylvania PA67$1,7560%$375 – $4,096
Oregon OR26$1,658−6%$374 – $3,751
Kentucky KY16$1,618−8%$1,146 – $3,297
Indiana IN41$1,490−15%$1,056 – $1,989
Michigan MI56$1,460−17%$229 – $3,335
Ohio OH84$1,375−22%$849 – $2,345
North Carolina NC39$1,306−26%$469 – $1,907
Mississippi MS18$1,290−27%$463 – $1,402
Connecticut CT11$1,287−27%$636 – $1,859
Colorado CO31$1,264−28%$911 – $2,049
Missouri MO23$1,103−37%$434 – $3,499
Louisiana LA22$1,026−42%$579 – $2,484
Oklahoma OK17$1,002−43%$1,002 – $1,841
Georgia GA49$910−48%$709 – $3,265
Arizona AZ25$900−49%$694 – $14,690
New York NY36$774−56%$312 – $3,240
Virginia VA32$680−61%$519 – $1,723
Arkansas AR12$657−63%$397 – $1,537
Massachusetts MA24$624−64%$298 – $3,500
Tennessee TN28$586−67%$100 – $1,019
West Virginia WV13$291−83%$182 – $827
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $1,756.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,211$1,747$641 – $3,561
Children’s30$2,345$1,067 – $5,447
Critical access120$2,000$586 – $3,367
Ownership
For-profit102$1,874$709 – $3,899
Government152$1,321$595 – $2,756
Non-profit1,107$1,852$653 – $3,693
System affiliation
Part of a system1,230$1,826$680 – $3,612
Independent139$1,389$399 – $3,509

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,127
Median cash price$1,756
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

1,118 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,906 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,992; most fall between $709 and $3,637.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,118 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
$460$910$1,906$3,335$5,632

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($460 vs $5,632).

Of the 1,208 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,118 gave a usable cash price; 31 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 58 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,369 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (35%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,509 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,369
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here46
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 — excluded93
Hospitals that filed this code1,509

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Balloon Dilat Ureteral Stricture W/Img Gid Rs&I.

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, “Balloon widening of a narrowed ureter (CPT 50706) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50706-balloon-widening-of-a-narrowed-ureter