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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Illinois 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?

$3,416

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,416 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$724$447 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,318 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $575 to $5,754Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,622
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $724

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
$436.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,380.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,570.40
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$407.38
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 16th of 51

$3,416

$724 physician + $2,692 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.