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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Minnesota 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?

$2,008

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,008 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$912$646 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$468 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $339 to $5,888Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $912

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
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$33,884.42
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$44.67

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 43rd of 51

$2,008

$912 physician + $1,096 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.