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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,309

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,309 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$372 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$851 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $437 to $6,026Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $447

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
$457.09
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$45.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$45.71
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
1 more rate 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
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 35th of 51

$2,309

$447 physician + $1,862 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.