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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Connecticut 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?

$6,382

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,382 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$759$575 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$4,266 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $10,471Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $759

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
$2,570.40
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 15th of 51

$6,382

$759 physician + $5,623 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.