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Widening the Ureter Opening Into the Bladder

Washington rates for HCPCS 52290

A telescope is passed along the urethra into the bladder and the small opening where the tube from the kidney enters the bladder is cut to make it wider. This relieves a narrowing that holds urine back and makes it harder for stones or fragments to pass. It may be done on one side or on both.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Widening the Ureter Opening Into the Bladder cost?

$1,622

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $490 to $6,457.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $355 to $10,715
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,622

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
$446.68
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$6,606.93
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$478.63
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,022.64

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 7762.5 times more in Indiana than in Maine. 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.

Washington· 37th of 50

$1,622

IN $6,607ME $0.85

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.