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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 October 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$1,166

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,166 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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$550$468 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$537 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,995Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $331 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $617professional $550

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,166

$550 physician + $617 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.