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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

New Mexico 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?

$4,205

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,205 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$417 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$741 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $513 to $13,183Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,122
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $490

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
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 16th of 50

$4,205

$490 physician + $3,715 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.