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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Massachusetts 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?

$1,262

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,262 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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$631$457 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$372 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $251 to $4,571Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $363 to $6,310
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $631professional $631

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,174.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,445.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,754.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
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
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$117.49

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 49th of 51

$1,262

$631 physician + $631 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.