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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Delaware 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?

$1,859

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,859 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$372 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$955 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,365Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $355 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $447

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
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
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$43.65

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 45th of 51

$1,859

$447 physician + $1,413 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.