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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Missouri 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?

$2,539

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,539 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$589$537 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,202 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,623Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $589

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
$1,071.52
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 47th of 51

$2,539

$589 physician + $1,950 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.