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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Oklahoma 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?

$5,435

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,435 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$537$490 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,445 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $832 to $12,023Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $457 to $794
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $537

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
$794.33
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 18th of 51

$5,435

$537 physician + $4,898 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.