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Procedure price report · Ureteral catheterization

Ureter endoscopy with catheter placed in the ureter

CPT 50953the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed through an existing surgical ureter opening and a catheter is placed in the ureter, with stretching of the ureter if needed.

Hospitals typically charge $2,179 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 261 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,481. Most fall between $736 and $4,627 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
261
States
41
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 261 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
$536$805$2,179$4,385$6,594

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($536 vs $6,594).

How the prices are spread

$376 – $516: 13 hospitals$376$516 – $707: 24 hospitals$707 – $968: 36 hospitals$707$968 – $1,326: 22 hospitals$1,326 – $1,817: 20 hospitals$1,326$1,817 – $2,490: 11 hospitals$2,490 – $3,411: 4 hospitals$2,490$3,411 – $4,674: 66 hospitals$4,674 – $6,403: 19 hospitals$4,674$6,403 – $8,773: 24 hospitals$6,403median $2,179price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (239 of 261 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$376$51613
$516$70724
$707$96836
$968$1,32622
$1,326$1,81720
$1,817$2,49011
$2,490$3,4114
$3,411$4,67466
$4,674$6,40319
$6,403$8,77324

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,601
Median cash price$2,179
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.60×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,179.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals 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 $938 across 13 hospitalsIL$938Wisconsin: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $4,081 across 21 hospitalsNY$4,081Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,002 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,002Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $2,402 across 22 hospitalsPA$2,402New Jersey: median $4,062 across 22 hospitalsNJ$4,062Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $4,385 across 35 hospitalsCA$4,385Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $4,243 across 11 hospitalsVA$4,243Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $536 across 12 hospitalsOK$536Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,179. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA35$4,385+101%$4,385 – $6,594
Virginia VA11$4,243+95%$4,201 – $4,243
New York NY21$4,081+87%$1,000 – $4,184
New Jersey NJ22$4,062+86%$3,818 – $5,419
Pennsylvania PA22$2,402+10%$209 – $5,356
Iowa IA15$1,002−54%$1,002 – $1,002
Illinois IL13$938−57%$805 – $1,399
Oklahoma OK12$536−75%$536 – $536
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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
Wyoming WY1not 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 $2,179.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care233$2,984$684 – $4,847
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access23$1,002$805 – $1,331
Ownership
For-profit24$1,294$805 – $5,085
Government30$1,495$574 – $4,081
Non-profit205$2,493$736 – $4,847
System affiliation
Part of a system218$2,984$767 – $4,847
Independent43$827$566 – $3,858

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,096
Median cash price$2,179
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. 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

173 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,377 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,388; most fall between $573 and $5,831.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 173 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
$402$736$1,377$4,385$7,427

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($402 vs $7,427).

Of the 199 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 173 gave a usable cash price; 12 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

261 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 287 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted261
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here18
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 — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code287

Sections not shown for this setting

  • 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 Ureteral Endoscopy via Ureterost W/WO Dil Ureter.

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, “Ureter endoscopy with catheter placed in the ureter (CPT 50953) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50953-ureter-endoscopy-with-catheter-placed-in-the-ureter