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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$2,629

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,629 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$891$646 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,023 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $407 to $15,136Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,738professional $891

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
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 32nd of 50

$2,629

$891 physician + $1,738 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.