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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Virginia 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?

$3,875

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,875 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$407$363 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$912 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $468 to $10,000Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $324 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $407

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
$436.52
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 12th of 51

$3,875

$407 physician + $3,467 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.