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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Alabama 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 July 2026.

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

$3,162

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$417 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,096 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,677Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,291professional $871

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
$616.60
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in South Dakota than in West Virginia. 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

Alabama· 31st of 50

$3,162

$871 physician + $2,291 facility

SD $11,210WV $1,350

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.