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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

South Dakota 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?

$2,491

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,491 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$977$741 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$933 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,239Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $977

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
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,454.71
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
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
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$87.10

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 37th of 51

$2,491

$977 physician + $1,514 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.