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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

New Mexico 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?

$6,728

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,728 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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 $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$1,380 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $676 to $13,804Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $457 to $912
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $6,166professional $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
$660.69
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 10th of 51

$6,728

$562 physician + $6,166 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.