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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Kansas 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?

$5,039

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,039 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$398 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,630 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $589 to $9,550Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $355 to $776
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,571professional $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
$588.84
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65

Where Kansas 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 feeKansas $5,039 · 26th 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.