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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

Colorado 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?

$7,323

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,323 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$457 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$1,660 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $759 to $13,804Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $398 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $562

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
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
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$46.77

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$7,323

$562 physician + $6,761 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.