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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Arizona 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?

$2,532

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,532 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$794$355 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$977 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,012Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $794

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
$851.14
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$162.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 35th of 51

$2,532

$794 physician + $1,738 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.