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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

California 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 July 2026.

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

$4,169

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,754 to $6,457.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $13,490Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $302 to $776
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $447

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,079.46
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$28,183.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,022.64

Where California sits

The same service costs 51.3 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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.

California· 11th of 50

$4,169

ME $19,498WV $380

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.