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Bladder Scope with Stone Removal, Ureter/Kidney

Vermont 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?

$2,248

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,248 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$501 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,698 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,802Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $380 to $741
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,698professional $550

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14

Where Vermont 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

Vermont· 42nd of 51

$2,248

$550 physician + $1,698 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.