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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Montana 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?

$1,401

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,401 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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$676$575 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$603 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $589 to $813Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $724professional $676

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$1,401

$676 physician + $724 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.