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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

New Jersey 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?

$6,413

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,413 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$525$468 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$4,169 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $10,233Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $417 to $4,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $525

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
$2,137.96
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$15,848.93
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 14th of 51

$6,413

$525 physician + $5,888 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.