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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Utah 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?

$4,088

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,088 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$776$617 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,230 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,413Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $776

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
$501.19
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,232.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$123.03

Where Utah 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

Utah· 10th of 51

$4,088

$776 physician + $3,311 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.