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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Georgia 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?

$2,350

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$479 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$776 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $417 to $5,370Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $871

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
$416.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 42nd of 51

$2,350

$871 physician + $1,479 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.