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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 July 2026.

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

$4,220

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,220 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$832$646 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,698 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $708 to $12,303Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $832

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
$707.95
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,413.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 21st of 50

$4,220

$832 physician + $3,388 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.