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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Minnesota 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?

$5,908

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,908 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$759 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,455 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $891 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $1,230

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
$323.59
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 9th of 50

$5,908

$1,230 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.