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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

New Jersey 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?

$3,903

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,903 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$813$339 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,660 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,913Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,738
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$371.54
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$141.25
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$95.50

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 11th of 51

$3,903

$813 physician + $3,090 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.