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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Kansas 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?

$4,162

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,162 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$550 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,660 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $955 to $4,786Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $1,000

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
$1,023.29
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$199.53
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$134.90

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 9th of 51

$4,162

$1,000 physician + $3,162 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.