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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Louisiana 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?

$2,558

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,558 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$437 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$933 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $513 to $6,457Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $347 to $741
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,995professional $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
$501.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 16.0 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeLouisiana $2,558 · 33rd of 50
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.