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Bladder Scope Removal Of A Large Or Difficult Stone

Virginia 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?

$3,582

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$562$490 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$832 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $537 to $9,550Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $562

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
$660.69
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 35th of 51

$3,582

$562 physician + $3,020 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.