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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

North Dakota 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?

$1,580

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,580 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$398 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$355 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $355 to $6,457Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $355 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $977professional $603

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
$354.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 47th of 51

$1,580

$603 physician + $977 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.