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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

North Carolina 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?

$2,455

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$550$447 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$955 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,623Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $550

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
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
9 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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$2,455

$550 physician + $1,905 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.