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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 October 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$3,710

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,710 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$891$661 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,122 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $851 to $9,333Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $891

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
$602.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 51

$3,710

$891 physician + $2,818 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.