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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

South 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?

$1,553

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,553 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$603 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$537 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,291Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $794

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
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$41.69

Where South 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

South Dakota· 42nd of 51

$1,553

$794 physician + $759 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.