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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

Missouri 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?

$2,197

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,197 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$537$427 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$832 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $468 to $6,457Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,660professional $537

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
$467.74
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
5 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
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$48.98

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 29th of 51

$2,197

$537 physician + $1,660 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.