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Scope Treatment of a Narrowed Ureter

Minnesota 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?

$2,754

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,096 to $5,623.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $741 to $10,233
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$37,153.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 35th of 50

$2,754

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.