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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Michigan 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?

$5,179

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,179 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$363 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$1,122 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $447 to $7,586Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $501

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
$446.68
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 14th of 50

$5,179

$501 physician + $4,677 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.