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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$3,725

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,725 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$562$427 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,349 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $562 to $7,943Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $389 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $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
$562.34
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 21st of 50

$3,725

$562 physician + $3,162 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.