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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Nevada 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?

$2,777

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,777 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$589$479 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,000 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $537 to $6,457Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,239
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $589

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
$478.63
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 45th of 51

$2,777

$589 physician + $2,188 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.