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Scope Removal of a Stone From the Ureter

Washington 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?

$3,090

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $525 to $12,303.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $331 to $18,621
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090

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
$457.09
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$13,182.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,952.62

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 37th of 50

$3,090

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.