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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Louisiana 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?

$3,220

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,220 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$708$550 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,202 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $661 to $6,310Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $437 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $708

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
$660.69
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 41st of 51

$3,220

$708 physician + $2,512 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.