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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Georgia 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?

$4,897

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,897 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$631$501 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,862 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $10,965Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $631

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
$912.01
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,621.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 22nd of 51

$4,897

$631 physician + $4,266 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.