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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

South 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?

$2,496

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,496 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$398 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$977 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,951Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $676

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
$977.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58

Where South 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

South Dakota· 45th of 51

$2,496

$676 physician + $1,820 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.