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Bladder Scope Procedure With Placement Of A Ureter Tube

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 52332

This is a procedure in which a thin scope is passed through the urethra into the bladder to place a small, flexible tube called a stent into the tube connecting the kidney to the bladder. The stent helps keep that passage open, commonly to relieve a blockage or allow healing after another procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope Procedure With Placement Of A Ureter Tube cost?

$3,063

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,063 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$174 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,202 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $295 to $11,482Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $151 to $813
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $372

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
$251.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,445.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$794.33

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Wyoming 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

Kentucky· 36th of 51

$3,063

$372 physician + $2,692 facility

WY $8,220MT $943

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.