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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Montana 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?

$1,375

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,375 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$562$468 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$794 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $794 to $10,000Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $468 to $977
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $813professional $562

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
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,375

$562 physician + $813 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.