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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Alabama 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?

$3,782

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,782 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$417 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,148 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $692 to $5,754Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $339 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $692

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 20th of 50

$3,782

$692 physician + $3,090 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.