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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

South Dakota 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?

$2,345

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,345 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$617 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$617 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,692Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $832

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
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,165.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$870.96
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 33rd of 51

$2,345

$832 physician + $1,514 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.