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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Arizona 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?

$3,304

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,304 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$550$468 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,380 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $776 to $6,607Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $550

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
$1,122.02
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,238.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 39th of 51

$3,304

$550 physician + $2,754 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.