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Sampling The Lining Of The Ureter Or Kidney

Florida rates for HCPCS 50606

Takes a small sample of tissue from the lining of the ureter, the tube draining the kidney, or from the collecting area inside the kidney itself. Imaging is used to guide the instrument to the right spot. It is done as part of another procedure and billed in addition to it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sampling The Lining Of The Ureter Or Kidney cost?

$3,527

Typical total for the visit. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,527 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$437$145 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,230 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $575 to $10,965Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $138 to $776
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $437

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
$588.84
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$933.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$977.24
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 15.9 times more in New Hampshire than in Maryland. 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

Florida· 10th of 49

$3,527

$437 physician + $3,090 facility

NH $9,320MD $586

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.