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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

North Dakota 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?

$1,783

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,783 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$646 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$347 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $324 to $10,233Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $891professional $891

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
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 49th of 50

$1,783

$891 physician + $891 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.