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Bladder Scope Procedure With Placement Of A Ureter Tube

Maine 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?

$4,754

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,754 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$389$200 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$3,236 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $479 to $8,128Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $174 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $389

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
$478.63
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$851.14
Community Health Options
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83

Where Maine 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

Maine· 15th of 51

$4,754

$389 physician + $4,365 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.