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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

North Dakota 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?

$1,185

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,185 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $427 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$759$617 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$427$355 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,570Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $427professional $759

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
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 50th of 51

$1,185

$759 physician + $427 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.