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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 October 2026.

How much does Ureter Endoscopy With Biopsy Through Stoma cost?

$3,768

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, 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 8 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 $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$933 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $427 to $10,000Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $339 to $708
$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
$457.09
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
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
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$47.86

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 16th 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.