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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Minnesota 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?

$3,425

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,425 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$794$562 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,072 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $794 to $9,772Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,630professional $794

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
$331.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$37,153.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 42nd of 51

$3,425

$794 physician + $2,630 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.