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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Florida 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?

$6,538

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,538 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$437 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$2,344 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $851 to $17,783Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,122
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $513

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
$741.31
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$26,915.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63

Where Florida 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

Florida· 12th of 51

$6,538

$513 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.