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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

Virginia 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?

$3,033

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,033 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$398 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$912 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $427 to $10,000Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $794

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
$489.78
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 23rd of 51

$3,033

$794 physician + $2,239 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.