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Scope Removal Of A Ureter Or Kidney Tumor

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 52355

A telescope is passed through the urethra and bladder, up the ureter and if needed into the kidney's drainage system, to reach a growth in the lining of those passages. The growth is cut away through the scope, so nothing has to be cut through the skin.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Scope Removal Of A Ureter Or Kidney Tumor cost?

$3,715

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,188 to $8,511.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $759 to $9,550
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715

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
$562.34
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$9,772.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 31622.8 times more in Indiana than in Maine. 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.

Kentucky· 29th of 50

$3,715

IN $14,125ME $0.45

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.