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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 October 2026.

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

$3,104

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,104 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$617 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,660 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $832 to $3,162Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $813

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$3,104

$813 physician + $2,291 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.