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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Iowa 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?

$5,159

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$692$589 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,951 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,318Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,291
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $692

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
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,513.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$977.24

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 19th of 51

$5,159

$692 physician + $4,467 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.