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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Indiana 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?

$5,324

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,324 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$427$339 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,698 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $759 to $19,055Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $316 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $427

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
$323.59
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,413.10
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
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
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$45.71

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 6th of 51

$5,324

$427 physician + $4,898 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.