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Scope Treatment of a Narrowed Ureter

Washington 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?

$3,162

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $776 to $10,233.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $501 to $14,791
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,162

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
$676.08
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,782.79
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,054.61
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$9,772.37
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$25,118.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$724.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$501.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$19,054.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,952.62

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 32nd of 50

$3,162

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.