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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50955

An exam in which a scope is passed through an existing surgical opening (stoma) to view the ureter, the tube between kidney and bladder, and take a tissue sample. Flushing the ureter and injecting contrast dye may be part of the exam; any radiology service is charged separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$7,036

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,036 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$977 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,818 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,291
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $1,413

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,818.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,884.03
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,309.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$12,589.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$7,036

$1,413 physician + $5,623 facility

CO $7,350MT $1,166

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.