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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 July 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$3,725

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,725 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$562$447 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,239 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,026Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,202
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $562

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
$524.81
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$707.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$15,135.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25

Where Utah 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

Utah· 22nd of 50

$3,725

$562 physician + $3,162 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.