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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Iowa 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?

$5,774

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,774 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$646$437 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$3,020 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $692 to $10,471Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,820
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $646

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
$691.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 51

$5,774

$646 physician + $5,129 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.