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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$2,206

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,206 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$468$363 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,202 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $851 to $4,467Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $339 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $468

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
$478.63
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83
5 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
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Wisconsin 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

Arkansas· 46th of 51

$2,206

$468 physician + $1,738 facility

WI $6,592MT $1,087

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.