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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Rhode Island 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?

$468

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $631.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $7,413Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $363 to $617
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Hawaii than in Delaware. 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.

Rhode Island· 47th of 51

$468

HI $3,020DE $417

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.