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Scope Treatment Of Narrowing Inside The Kidney

Alabama rates for HCPCS 52343

A telescope is passed through the urethra into the bladder and instruments are advanced up the ureter to treat a narrowed passage inside the kidney's own collecting system. The narrowing is opened with a balloon, a laser, or a small cut, restoring the flow of urine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Scope Treatment Of Narrowing Inside The Kidney cost?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$676$347 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,259 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $851 to $3,802Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $331 to $912
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,291professional $676

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $676 · 18th of 51
CA $4,571WV $363

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.