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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Massachusetts 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?

$3,357

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,357 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$490 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,549 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $490 to $8,128Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,778
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $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
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 37th of 51

$3,357

$603 physician + $2,754 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.