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Bladder Scope Procedure With Placement Of A Ureter Tube

North Carolina 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?

$4,524

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,524 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$158 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,549 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $372 to $8,128Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $355

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
$398.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 18th of 51

$4,524

$355 physician + $4,169 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.