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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Missouri 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?

$2,472

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,472 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$813$525 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,122 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $646 to $5,623Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,995
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $813

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
$407.38
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$158.49
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 38th of 51

$2,472

$813 physician + $1,660 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.