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Scope Treatment of a Narrowed Ureter

Alabama rates for HCPCS 52344

A scope is passed through the urethra into the bladder and then advanced up into the ureter, the tube that carries urine down from the kidney. A narrowed segment is opened using a balloon, a laser, or a cutting instrument passed through the scope. No skin incision is made.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Scope Treatment of a Narrowed Ureter cost?

$2,291

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,096 to $2,754.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $724 to $3,631
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291

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
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 26.9 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 38th of 50

$2,291

IN $10,000DE $372

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.