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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

New Jersey 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?

$4,123

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,123 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$407$339 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,291 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $9,333Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $302 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $407

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
$2,570.40
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$954.99
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,952.62
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$933.25
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
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 10th of 51

$4,123

$407 physician + $3,715 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.