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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Michigan 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?

$4,744

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,744 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$575$468 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$2,884 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,715Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $417 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $575

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
$602.56
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 23rd of 51

$4,744

$575 physician + $4,169 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.