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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Alaska 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?

$4,715

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,715 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$1,000$437 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,202 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $417 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,884
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,715professional $1,000

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,884.03
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Alaska sits

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 feeAlaska $4,715 · 28th of 51
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.