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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

North Dakota 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?

$1,141

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,141 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$724$603 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$339 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,230Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $417professional $724

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
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
4 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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$41.69

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 49th of 51

$1,141

$724 physician + $417 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.