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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Colorado 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?

$6,601

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,601 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$575$479 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,311 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $776 to $12,882Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $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
$478.63
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,187.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 11th of 51

$6,601

$575 physician + $6,026 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.