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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

New Mexico 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?

$1,789

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,789 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$501$398 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$661 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $562 to $8,128Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $324 to $759
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $501

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$588.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 34th of 51

$1,789

$501 physician + $1,288 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.