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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Illinois 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?

$5,480

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,480 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$468$363 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$1,862 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $676 to $10,000Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,820
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $468

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
$676.08
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 21st of 51

$5,480

$468 physician + $5,012 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.