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Bladder Scope with Simple Object Removal

Iowa rates for HCPCS 52310

A scope is passed through the urethra into the bladder to remove a foreign object, stone, or previously placed drainage tube (stent), when the removal is straightforward. It's a diagnostic-and-treatment procedure done in one visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope with Simple Object Removal cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$437$302 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,862 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $468 to $6,761Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,259
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $437

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
$467.74
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$707.95

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Wisconsin than in Rhode Island. 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$468

WI $759RI $257

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.