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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$1,166

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,166 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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$457 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$355 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,129Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $407professional $759

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
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 49th of 50

$1,166

$759 physician + $407 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.