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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Stone Or Object, Complicated Case

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 52315

A scope is passed through the urethra into the bladder or urethra to remove a stone, a stent left over from a prior procedure, or another foreign object, without any external incision. This version applies to a more involved, complicated case, compared to a straightforward removal handled with a related, simpler version of the same procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope Removal Of A Stone Or Object, Complicated Case cost?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 5 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$457$372 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$977 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $589 to $4,677Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $257 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $457

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
$588.84
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Hawaii than in Michigan. 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$661

HI $1,778MI $437

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.