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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Arkansas 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?

$1,797

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,797 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$479$389 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$759 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,786Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $331 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $479

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
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 42nd of 50

$1,797

$479 physician + $1,318 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.