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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Alaska rates for HCPCS 52317

A doctor passes a scope through the urethra into the bladder, then breaks up a bladder stone and removes the fragments, all without any external incision. This version is used for a smaller, more straightforward stone.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone) cost?

$5,718

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,718 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$977 to $3,548
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$3,236 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,802
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $1,549

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,495.41
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$10,964.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Wisconsin than in North Dakota. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$5,718

$1,549 physician + $4,169 facility

WI $6,561ND $1,783

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.