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Scope Removal of a Stone From the Ureter

South Carolina 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?

$10,000

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,000 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,570 to $11,220.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $295 to $20,417
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,000

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
$295.12
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 3rd of 50

$10,000

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.