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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Arkansas 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?

$2,309

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,309 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$724$417 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$977 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,631Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $724

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
$467.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 44th of 50

$2,309

$724 physician + $1,585 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.