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Bladder Scope With Ejaculatory Duct Catheter

Alabama rates for HCPCS 52010

A telescope is passed through the urethra into the bladder, and a fine tube is threaded into the ejaculatory ducts, the small channels that carry sperm into the urethra. Dye can be injected through the tube so X-ray pictures show whether those channels are blocked.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope With Ejaculatory Duct Catheter cost?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $562 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$191 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$550 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,413Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $162 to $676
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $324

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
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 41
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
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
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 30th of 51

$389

WI $871KY $309

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.