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Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma

Virginia 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?

$2,407

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,407 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$398 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$479 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,710Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $355 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $457

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
$457.09
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 35th of 50

$2,407

$457 physician + $1,950 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.