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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Maine 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?

$8,043

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,043 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$457$389 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$5,248 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $14,791Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $363 to $661
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $457

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
$2,630.27
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$14,791.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96

Where Maine 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

Maine· 4th of 51

$8,043

$457 physician + $7,586 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.