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Bladder Scope Procedure With Placement Of A Ureter Tube

West Virginia 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?

$5,544

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,544 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$174$162 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,631 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,913Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $145 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $174

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
$1,412.54
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
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
$169.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$4,897.79
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$17,378.01
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$18,620.87
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$691.83

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 10th of 51

$5,544

$174 physician + $5,370 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.