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Bladder Scope with Simple Object Removal

South 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$309$182 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$389 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $204 to $9,120Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,096
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $309

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
$181.97
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 37th 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.