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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Nebraska 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?

$5,863

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,863 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$851$468 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,631 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $13,490Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $851

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
$2,344.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 16th of 51

$5,863

$851 physician + $5,012 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.