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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Maryland 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?

$2,363

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,363 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$741$363 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$933 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,754Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,585
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,622professional $741

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
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,949.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$181.97
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 41st of 51

$2,363

$741 physician + $1,622 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.