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Bladder Stone Removal Via Scope (Smaller Stone)

West 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?

$2,292

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,292 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$468 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$1,230 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $550 to $18,197Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,479professional $813

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,413.10
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11

Where West 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

West Virginia· 43rd of 51

$2,292

$813 physician + $1,479 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.