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Guide Wire To The Kidney Placed Through A Scope

Virginia 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?

$4,266

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $339 to $7,244.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $209 to $9,550Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $158 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $214

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 18th of 50

$4,266

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.