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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 October 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$1,573

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,573 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 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$741$562 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$724 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $562 to $6,607Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,148
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $832professional $741

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,918.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$20,417.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27
11 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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$56.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$56.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$30,199.52

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 47th of 51

$1,573

$741 physician + $832 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.