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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 October 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$4,030

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,030 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$562$457 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,622 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $851 to $12,589Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $562

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
$398.11
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$6,165.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 12th of 51

$4,030

$562 physician + $3,467 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.