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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

South Carolina 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?

$7,820

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,820 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$513 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$3,388 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $603 to $16,982Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,905
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $575

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
$575.44
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 8th of 51

$7,820

$575 physician + $7,244 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.