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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

Connecticut 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?

$5,187

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,187 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$617$501 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,905 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $759 to $13,804Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $389 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $617

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
$2,754.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 6th of 51

$5,187

$617 physician + $4,571 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.