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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Nebraska 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?

$6,671

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$646$389 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,388 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $832 to $14,454Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $646

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$6,165.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 6th of 50

$6,671

$646 physician + $6,026 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.