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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Kentucky 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?

$2,257

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,257 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$708$355 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$851 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $468 to $5,623Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,549professional $708

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
$354.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,818.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$7,413.10
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$2,257

$708 physician + $1,549 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.