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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Nevada 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?

$2,145

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,145 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$447$380 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$676 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $355 to $8,128Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,445
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $447

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
$354.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 38th of 50

$2,145

$447 physician + $1,698 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.