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Scope Removal of a Stone From the Ureter

California rates for HCPCS 52320

A thin lighted scope is passed along the urethra into the bladder, and a stone lodged in the ureter — the tube carrying urine down from the kidney — is grasped and drawn out. Nothing is cut: the whole thing is done through the natural urinary passage. It is used when a stone is too large or too stuck to pass on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Scope Removal of a Stone From the Ureter cost?

$6,166

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,981 to $9,333.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $14,125Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $214 to $537
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $269

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
$3,981.07
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$549.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$42,657.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where California sits

The same service costs 85.1 times more in Wyoming than in North Dakota. 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.

California· 12th of 50

$6,166

WY $20,893ND $245

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.