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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

Kentucky 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?

$1,735

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,735 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$363 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$537 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,548Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $309 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $417

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
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$8,128.31
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$6,025.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 37th of 51

$1,735

$417 physician + $1,318 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.