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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 October 2026.

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

$2,384

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,384 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$724$457 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,072 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $692 to $4,169Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $724

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
$467.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
6 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
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 40th of 51

$2,384

$724 physician + $1,660 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.