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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 October 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney cost?

$4,599

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,599 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$417 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,862 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,754Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,074professional $525

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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

Kansas· 7th of 51

$4,599

$525 physician + $4,074 facility

WI $6,592MT $1,087

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.