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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Georgia 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?

$5,120

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,120 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$550$407 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,570 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $7,943Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $339 to $776
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $550

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
$707.95
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 25th of 51

$5,120

$550 physician + $4,571 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.