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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Utah 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?

$4,391

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,391 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$676$490 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$3,090 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $6,026Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,549
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,715professional $676

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
$1,995.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,348.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,232.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$977.24
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where Utah 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

Utah· 29th of 51

$4,391

$676 physician + $3,715 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.