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Scope Treatment Of Narrowing Inside The Kidney

South Carolina 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$457$347 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,122 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $776 to $11,220Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $295 to $617
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $457

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
$416.87
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
7 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
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 34th of 51

$501

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.