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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Iowa 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?

$4,247

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,247 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$617$490 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,175 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $617 to $11,482Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $617

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
$616.60
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 50

$4,247

$617 physician + $3,631 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.