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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,011

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,011 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$363 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$562 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,128Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $324 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,585professional $427

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
$446.68
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$44.67
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$724.44
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$44.67
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
1 more rate 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
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 30th of 51

$2,011

$427 physician + $1,585 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.