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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

South Carolina 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?

$5,749

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,749 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$851$417 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,072 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $468 to $13,490Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,698
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $851

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
$416.87
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,862.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 11th of 50

$5,749

$851 physician + $4,898 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.