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Scope Treatment of a Narrowed Ureter

Montana 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?

$646

Typical facility fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $631 to $724.

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 $646 · 10th to 90th $617 to $10,000
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $646

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
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 48th of 50

$646

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.