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Scope Treatment Where The Ureter Meets The Kidney

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 52345

A fine scope is passed through the urethra and bladder and up the ureter to the point where it joins the kidney, to treat a narrowing there. The narrowed segment is opened using a balloon, a cutting instrument or a laser so urine drains freely from the kidney again. A stent is usually left in place for a while afterwards.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Scope Treatment Where The Ureter Meets The Kidney cost?

$2,641

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,641 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$468 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,148 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,248Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
13 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.7 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Carolina· 29th of 51

$2,641

$646 physician + $1,995 facility

CO $6,741MT $1,191

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.