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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Montana 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?

$1,058

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,058 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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$363 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$603 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $589 to $9,772Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,349
$200$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $631professional $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
$380.19
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$1,058

$427 physician + $631 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.