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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

South 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 July 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney cost?

$5,963

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,963 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$468$398 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$2,399 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $479 to $18,197Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,862
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $468

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
$426.58
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$5,011.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 15th of 51

$5,963

$468 physician + $5,495 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.