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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Mississippi 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?

$1,739

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,739 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$692$398 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$525 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,129Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,148
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $692

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
$549.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 43rd of 50

$1,739

$692 physician + $1,047 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.