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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Oklahoma 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?

$2,098

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,098 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$457 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$589 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,310Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,166
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $550

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
$630.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
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
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$47.86

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 42nd of 51

$2,098

$550 physician + $1,549 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.