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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 October 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$2,110

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,110 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$631$407 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$851 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,166Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,148
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $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
$398.11
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 41st of 51

$2,110

$631 physician + $1,479 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.