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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Tennessee 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?

$3,038

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,038 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$417 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,349 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,586Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $355 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $468

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
$467.74
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 30th of 50

$3,038

$468 physician + $2,570 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.