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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Stone Or Object, Complicated Case

Maryland 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$490$295 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$295 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $1 to $589Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,445
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $331professional $490

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
$0.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,445.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 43rd of 51

$490

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.