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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

South Dakota 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?

$17,508

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,508 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,596 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$513 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,596$3,090 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $741 to $16,596Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $16,596professional $912

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
$3,090.30
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,230.27
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 1st of 51

$17,508

$912 physician + $16,596 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.