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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Idaho 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?

$3,798

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,798 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$457 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$724 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $501 to $12,303Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $437 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $562

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$16,982.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,128.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 19th of 50

$3,798

$562 physician + $3,236 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.