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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Connecticut 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?

$5,678

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,678 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$891$575 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$2,754 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,482Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $891

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
$2,754.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,456.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$144.54

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$5,678

$891 physician + $4,786 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.