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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 October 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$4,049

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,049 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$537 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,413 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $759 to $11,749Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $457 to $955
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $661

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$954.99
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$16,982.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$724.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$6,760.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
20 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
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$19,952.62
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$123.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 11th of 51

$4,049

$661 physician + $3,388 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.