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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Colorado 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?

$6,401

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,401 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$513$427 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$2,570 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $11,482Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $355 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $513

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
$457.09
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
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
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$6,401

$513 physician + $5,888 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.