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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

Michigan 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?

$3,244

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,244 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$490$427 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$603 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $447 to $4,898Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $288 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $490

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
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 19th of 51

$3,244

$490 physician + $2,754 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.