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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

Virginia 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 July 2026.

How much does Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy cost?

$1,820

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $468 to $4,898.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $389 to $7,244Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $562

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,332.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 51.3 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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.

Virginia· 29th of 50

$1,820

ME $19,498WV $380

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.