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Bladder Scope Procedure With Placement Of A Ureter Tube

South 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?

$7,124

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,124 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$363$182 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$2,138 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $245 to $15,136Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,660
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $363

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
$239.88
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31

Where South 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

South Carolina· 3rd of 51

$7,124

$363 physician + $6,761 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.