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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 July 2026.

How much does Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone) cost?

$3,521

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,521 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$1,122$603 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,288 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $1,122

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,677.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,344.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in South Dakota than in West Virginia. 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· 27th of 50

$3,521

$1,122 physician + $2,399 facility

SD $11,210WV $1,350

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.