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Scope Treatment Of Narrowing Inside The Kidney

Louisiana 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 5 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$525$398 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,288 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,495Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $324 to $617
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,570professional $525

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
$676.08
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $1,072 · 8th 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.