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Scope Treatment Of Narrowing Inside The Kidney

Georgia 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$407 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$891 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $589 to $5,248Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $347 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $468

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
$977.24
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
5 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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$41.69

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 23rd of 51

$575

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.