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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Massachusetts 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?

$2,350

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$437 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$490 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $389 to $5,129Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,188
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $871

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
$870.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,819.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 41st of 50

$2,350

$871 physician + $1,479 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.