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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Nebraska 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?

$3,173

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,173 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$603$447 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,622 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $7,244Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $603

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
$776.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,413.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$158.49
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$77.62

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$3,173

$603 physician + $2,570 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.