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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Maryland 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?

$807

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $807 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $380 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$427$372 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$380$178 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $39 to $2,344Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,514
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $380professional $427

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
$38.90
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,548.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 51st of 51

$807

$427 physician + $380 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.