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Guide Wire To The Kidney Placed Through A Scope

Maryland rates for HCPCS 52334

Passes a scope along the urethra into the bladder and threads a guide wire up the ureter to the kidney, so a drainage channel can be set up through the skin into the kidney. The wire gives the person placing that drain a secure track to follow. It is a preparatory step done alongside the drainage procedure itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Guide Wire To The Kidney Placed Through A Scope cost?

$195

Typical facility fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $178 to $257.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $7,244Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $170 to $355
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $195

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 91.2 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Maryland· 48th of 50

$195

IN $10,233WV $112

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.