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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Tennessee 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?

$3,322

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,322 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$631$525 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,820 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $617 to $8,318Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $631

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
$588.84
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,819.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 38th of 51

$3,322

$631 physician + $2,692 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.