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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 October 2026.

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

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$372 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,738 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,162Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $339 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$525

AK $1,622NY $347

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.