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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$1,859

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,859 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$479$398 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$759 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,457Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $479

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
$478.63
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 39th of 50

$1,859

$479 physician + $1,380 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.