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Diagnostic Bladder and Ureter Scope Exam

Iowa rates for HCPCS 52351

A scope is passed through the urethra and up into the ureter, the tube connecting the kidney to the bladder, to directly examine it for diagnostic purposes. Placement of a small catheter in the ureter is included as part of the same procedure, but no treatment such as stone removal is performed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Bladder and Ureter Scope Exam cost?

$3,582

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$468 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,072 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $631 to $8,318Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $355 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,951professional $631

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
$446.68
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,884.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Oklahoma 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$3,582

$631 physician + $2,951 facility

OK $5,884MT $914

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.