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Scope Treatment Of Narrowing Inside The Kidney

Pennsylvania 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$339 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,000 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,026Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $302 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $372

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
$676.08
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$512.86
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
11 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
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 42nd of 51

$457

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.