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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Nebraska 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?

$3,595

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,595 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$776$661 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,622 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,511Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $776

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
$691.83
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 16th of 51

$3,595

$776 physician + $2,818 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.