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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Delaware 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?

$6,406

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,406 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$355 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,571 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $324 to $8,913Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $347 to $912
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,026professional $380

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
$323.59
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,782.79
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69

Where Delaware 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 feeDelaware $6,406 · 13th 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.