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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Hawaii 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?

$1,492

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,492 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$380 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$813 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,884Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $30 to $794
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $537

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
$691.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,090.30
1 more rate 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
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 48th of 51

$1,492

$537 physician + $955 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.