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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Massachusetts 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?

$3,603

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,603 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$380 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,622 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,166Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,514
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $513

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
$831.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,659.59
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$33,884.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$33,884.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 39th of 51

$3,603

$513 physician + $3,090 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.