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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Arizona 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?

$2,461

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,461 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$372$331 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,096 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $776 to $5,888Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $309 to $5,012
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $372

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
$977.24
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 36th of 51

$2,461

$372 physician + $2,089 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.