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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 July 2026.

How much does Scope Treatment Of Narrowing Inside The Kidney cost?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $8,913 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 6 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$417$339 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,913$2,344 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $417 to $21,380Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $331 to $708
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $8,913professional $417

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
$416.87
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina $417 · 47th 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.