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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Mississippi 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?

$2,381

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,381 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$603$468 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$708 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,467Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,318
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$436.52
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 49th of 51

$2,381

$603 physician + $1,778 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.