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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Oregon 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?

$1,590

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,590 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$589 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$708 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $490 to $6,607Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,175
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $832professional $759

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
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$20,417.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 45th of 50

$1,590

$759 physician + $832 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.