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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Arizona 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?

$2,279

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,279 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$363 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$851 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,623Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $417

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 37th of 51

$2,279

$417 physician + $1,862 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.