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Kidney Scope Through A Drainage Tract, With Biopsy

Washington 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?

$933

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $7,244.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $525 to $23,988
$500.0$2.0K$10.0K$50.0Kfacility $933

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$13,489.63
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,220.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$11,748.98
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$831.76
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$562.34
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$50,118.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$53,703.18

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 51.3 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Washington $933 · 41st of 50
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.