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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Alabama 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?

$2,738

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,738 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$355 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,259 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $692 to $3,890Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $331 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $447

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
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. 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

Alabama· 44th of 51

$2,738

$447 physician + $2,291 facility

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.