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Bladder Scope with Simple Object Removal

North Carolina 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 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 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$316$200 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$324 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $195 to $7,244Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $148 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $316

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
$199.53
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$741.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$355

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.