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Scope Treatment Of Narrowing Inside The Kidney

Maine 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$437 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,698 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $813 to $3,311Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $347 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $479

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
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
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 38th of 51

$490

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.