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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 52318

A scope is passed through the urethra into the bladder, where a stone is broken into smaller pieces and removed, without any external incision. This version applies to a large or otherwise difficult stone, as opposed to a smaller, more straightforward one handled with a related, simpler version of the same procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone cost?

$2,395

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,395 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$575$437 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,072 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,631Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $437 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $575

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
$645.65
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$851.14
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 12.7 times more in South Dakota than in Montana. 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

Arkansas· 48th of 51

$2,395

$575 physician + $1,820 facility

SD $17,508MT $1,375

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.