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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Utah 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?

$3,768

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,768 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$457$389 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,000 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $525 to $10,965Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $347 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $457

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
$524.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$15,135.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
6 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
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$61.66
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$22,908.68

Where Utah 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

Utah· 15th of 51

$3,768

$457 physician + $3,311 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.