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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Michigan 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?

$5,344

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,344 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$380 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,138 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $468 to $8,318Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $447

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
$467.74
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 23rd of 51

$5,344

$447 physician + $4,898 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.