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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Nevada 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?

$2,720

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,720 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$724$389 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,288 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,571Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $724

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
$436.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,691.53
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$114.82

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 29th of 51

$2,720

$724 physician + $1,995 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.