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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$2,225

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,225 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$776 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$550 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $813professional $1,413

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
$1,174.90
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 16.0 times more in Indiana 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 37th of 50

$2,225

$1,413 physician + $813 facility

IN $12,729WV $796

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.