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Bladder Scope with Simple Object Removal

Kentucky 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 7 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$288$178 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,259 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $282 to $10,715Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $148 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $288

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
$204.17
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 26th of 51

$380

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.