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Guide Wire To The Kidney Placed Through A Scope

South Carolina 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?

$8,913

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,913 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,239 to $13,183.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $240 to $20,893
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,913

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
$223.87
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 2nd of 50

$8,913

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.