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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Iowa 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?

$3,773

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,773 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$813 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,622 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $912 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,318

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,677.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,454.71
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$177.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$123.03

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$3,773

$1,318 physician + $2,455 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.