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Scope Procedure To Break Up A Kidney Or Ureter Stone

Alaska rates for HCPCS 52356

A thin scope is passed up through the urinary tract to reach a stone in the ureter or kidney, where a laser or other device breaks it into smaller pieces that can pass or be removed. This version also includes placing a temporary stent in the ureter afterward to help urine drain while the area heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Scope Procedure To Break Up A Kidney Or Ureter Stone cost?

$7,808

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,808 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$513 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$2,239 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $692 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,884
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $1,047

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
$2,238.72
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,754.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,754.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Wyoming than in Arkansas. 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

Alaska· 21st of 51

$7,808

$1,047 physician + $6,761 facility

WY $14,876AR $2,907

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.