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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 52352

A scope is passed through the urethra and up into the ureter or kidney to locate and remove a stone, using grasping or basket-type instruments rather than breaking the stone apart first. Placement of a small tube in the ureter is included as part of the same procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney cost?

$5,366

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,366 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 73 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$372 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,630 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $759 to $11,749Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,514
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $4,898professional $468

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
$691.83
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
WI $8,657MD $807

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.