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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

Arizona rates for HCPCS 50555

Passes a small scope into the kidney through a drainage channel already established through the skin of the back, to look inside the urine-collecting system. A tissue sample is taken from any abnormal area seen and sent to the laboratory. It is used to find the cause of bleeding, a growth, or persistent abnormal findings.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy cost?

$1,769

Typical total for the visit. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$347 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$603 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $427 to $5,754Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,380professional $389

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Wyoming than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Arizona· 36th of 51

$1,769

$389 physician + $1,380 facility

WY $10,585DE $1,135

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.