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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

New Mexico 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?

$2,685

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,685 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$447$398 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,230 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $676 to $10,000Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $676
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $447

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
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 30th of 51

$2,685

$447 physician + $2,239 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.