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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Kentucky 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?

$3,120

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,120 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$550$468 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,585 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $851 to $15,136Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,514
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $550

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
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,548.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$3,120

$550 physician + $2,570 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.