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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

Montana 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?

$1,140

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,140 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$457 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$525 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $501 to $933Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $316 to $741
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $603professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$22,908.68
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$1,140

$537 physician + $603 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.