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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Kansas 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?

$4,404

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,404 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$603$525 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,089 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,128Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $427 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $603

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
$1,288.25
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 27th of 51

$4,404

$603 physician + $3,802 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.