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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

Idaho 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?

$5,879

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,879 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$525 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$724 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $550 to $18,621Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $437 to $933
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $631

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$23,988.33
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$30,199.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
20 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
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$36,307.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$123.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 4th of 51

$5,879

$631 physician + $5,248 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.