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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Michigan 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?

$3,331

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,331 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$447$398 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$2,042 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $537 to $6,918Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $447

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
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 25th of 50

$3,331

$447 physician + $2,884 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.