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Scope Removal of a Stone From the Ureter

Virginia 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?

$3,631

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $417 to $7,244.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $282 to $10,965Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $209 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $282

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 50

$3,631

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.