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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Missouri 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 October 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney cost?

$3,773

Typical total for the visit. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,773 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$537$417 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,862 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $10,233Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $537

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$40.74

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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

Missouri· 13th of 51

$3,773

$537 physician + $3,236 facility

WI $6,592MT $1,087

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.