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Bladder Scope with Simple Object Removal

Minnesota 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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$513$309 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$832 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $316 to $6,026Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $513

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
$141.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$525

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.