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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

Minnesota 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?

$1,825

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,825 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$891$631 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$457 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $331 to $4,266Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $933professional $891

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
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$34,673.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$34,673.69
Typical High
$61,659.50
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$43.65

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 32nd of 51

$1,825

$891 physician + $933 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.