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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Tennessee 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?

$3,441

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,441 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$871$457 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,349 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $550 to $8,318Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $871

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
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 28th of 50

$3,441

$871 physician + $2,570 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.