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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Delaware 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?

$2,290

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,290 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$776$380 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,000 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,248Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $776

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$95.50

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 44th of 51

$2,290

$776 physician + $1,514 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.