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Scope Treatment of a Narrowed Ureter

Texas 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?

$3,548

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,738 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $661 to $10,715
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,548

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
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,120.11
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$45,708.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 26th of 50

$3,548

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.