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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Colorado 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?

$7,350

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$479 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$2,570 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $13,804Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $407 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $589

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,570.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
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
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$47.86

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$7,350

$589 physician + $6,761 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.