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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 October 2026.

How much does Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone) cost?

$3,164

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,164 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$1,259$741 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,259 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $339 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,884
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $1,259

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
$338.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$165.96
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 20th of 51

$3,164

$1,259 physician + $1,905 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.