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Bladder Scope with Simple Object Removal

Virginia 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$302$186 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$282 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $191 to $7,079Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $158 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $302

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
$269.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 48th of 51

$324

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.