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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

North Carolina 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?

$1,446

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,446 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$513$417 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$513 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $372 to $7,586Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $513

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
$416.87
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 47th of 50

$1,446

$513 physician + $933 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.