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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$6,914

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,914 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$457$407 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$3,236 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $589 to $17,378Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $355 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $457

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
$436.52
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 5th of 50

$6,914

$457 physician + $6,457 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.