CPT code 50970: Ureter endoscopy, endoscopic examination2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, Medicare pays $311.57 for 50970 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 50970 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 50970 covers

A urologist uses an endoscope to inspect the ureter, the passage that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder. The procedure is generally performed in a facility setting, where the operative report identifies the access route and the portion of the ureter examined. Medicare’s 2024 claims data show facility services for this code and no office services.

Select the code that matches the documented endoscopic service and any separately described biopsy, treatment, or catheter work; nearby codes distinguish those services. The record should identify the indication, access route, findings, and work completed. This code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Oklahoma compares for 50970

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 50970 runs from $301.46 in Nebraska to $431.64 in Alaska. Oklahoma pays $311.57. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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50970 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 50970 rate is calculated

Each of 50970’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 50970

The CMS indicators that decide how 50970 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 50970

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 50970 has changed in Oklahoma

Price 50970 for an earlier date of service

Where the Oklahoma rate applies

Oklahoma is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 846 cities and communities in Oklahoma. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Lahoma
• Achille
• Ada
• Adair
• Adams
• Adamson
• Addington
• Afton

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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