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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

Georgia 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?

$3,548

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,380 to $5,623.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $646 to $7,943Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $309 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $479

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
$501.19
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 14th of 50

$3,548

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.