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Bladder Scope with Simple Object Removal

Maryland 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 6 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$347$191 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$162 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $78 to $2,692Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,023
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $355professional $347

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
$77.62
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$347

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.