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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Kansas 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?

$3,173

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,173 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$479 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,047 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $676 to $7,244Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $603

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
$1,023.29
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
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
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 24th of 51

$3,173

$603 physician + $2,570 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.