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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

North Dakota 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?

$3,424

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,424 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$513 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$479 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $437 to $16,596Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $912

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
$2,511.89
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 36th of 51

$3,424

$912 physician + $2,512 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.