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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract

Bladder scope to crush and remove a small bladder stone

CPT 52317the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed through the urethra, a bladder stone under about one inch is broken up, and the pieces are washed out.

Hospitals typically charge $3,693 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 859 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,821. Most fall between $1,387 and $9,213 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
859
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 859 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$807$1,635$3,693$6,886$12,933

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($807 vs $12,933).

How the prices are spread

$569 – $802: 43 hospitals$569$802 – $1,131: 51 hospitals$1,131 – $1,594: 70 hospitals$1,131$1,594 – $2,248: 114 hospitals$2,248 – $3,170: 67 hospitals$2,248$3,170 – $4,470: 123 hospitals$4,470 – $6,302: 120 hospitals$4,470$6,302 – $8,886: 52 hospitals$8,886 – $12,530: 82 hospitals$8,886$12,530 – $17,667: 53 hospitals$12,530median $3,693price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (775 of 859 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$569$80243
$802$1,13151
$1,131$1,59470
$1,594$2,248114
$2,248$3,17067
$3,170$4,470123
$4,470$6,302120
$6,302$8,88652
$8,886$12,53082
$12,530$17,66753

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,601
Median cash price$3,693
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.03×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,693.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,947 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,947New Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,137 across 20 hospitalsWA$2,137Idaho: median $8,773 across 12 hospitalsID$8,773Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,314 across 33 hospitalsMN$2,314Illinois: median $1,847 across 30 hospitalsIL$1,847Wisconsin: median $2,081 across 52 hospitalsWI$2,081Michigan: median $2,666 across 40 hospitalsMI$2,666New York: median $4,081 across 55 hospitalsNY$4,081Massachusetts: median $8,121 across 17 hospitalsMA$8,121Oregon: median $987 across 15 hospitalsOR$987Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,152 across 32 hospitalsIA$2,152Indiana: median $2,500 across 26 hospitalsIN$2,500Ohio: median $10,312 across 47 hospitalsOH$10,312Pennsylvania: median $5,356 across 22 hospitalsPA$5,356New Jersey: median $4,350 across 33 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,403 across 62 hospitalsCA$5,403Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,960 across 13 hospitalsNE$1,960Missouri: median $5,119 across 21 hospitalsMO$5,119Kentucky: median $931 across 10 hospitalsKY$931West Virginia: median $1,694 across 20 hospitalsWV$1,694Virginia: median $11,616 across 17 hospitalsVA$11,616Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,326 across 13 hospitalsKS$2,326Arkansas: median $2,393 across 13 hospitalsAR$2,393Tennessee: median $3,602 across 15 hospitalsTN$3,602North Carolina: median $3,776 across 22 hospitalsNC$3,776South Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,221 across 17 hospitalsOK$1,221Louisiana: median $2,979 across 15 hospitalsLA$2,979Mississippi: median $1,733 across 11 hospitalsMS$1,733Alabama: median $3,242 across 14 hospitalsAL$3,242Georgia: median $4,894 across 10 hospitalsGA$4,894Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,625 across 34 hospitalsTX$4,625Florida: median $10,967 across 16 hospitalsFL$10,967
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,693. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA17$11,616+215%$2,357 – $15,706
Florida FL16$10,967+197%$2,193 – $14,122
Ohio OH47$10,312+179%$1,553 – $15,347
Idaho ID12$8,773+138%$1,957 – $8,773
Massachusetts MA17$8,121+120%$3,693 – $10,314
California CA62$5,403+46%$3,134 – $9,290
Pennsylvania PA22$5,356+45%$2,429 – $9,831
Missouri MO21$5,119+39%$1,729 – $13,869
Georgia GA10$4,894+33%$3,518 – $4,894
Texas TX34$4,625+25%$3,368 – $9,159
New Jersey NJ33$4,350+18%$3,818 – $5,339
New York NY55$4,081+11%$1,879 – $4,595
North Carolina NC22$3,776+2%$1,597 – $7,855
Tennessee TN15$3,602−2%$886 – $4,438
Alabama AL14$3,242−12%$1,908 – $10,954
Louisiana LA15$2,979−19%$1,080 – $5,781
Michigan MI40$2,666−28%$1,366 – $4,847
Indiana IN26$2,500−32%$915 – $12,593
Arkansas AR13$2,393−35%$883 – $8,492
Kansas KS13$2,326−37%$1,393 – $8,108
Minnesota MN33$2,314−37%$1,156 – $3,508
Iowa IA32$2,152−42%$1,537 – $6,887
Washington WA20$2,137−42%$649 – $6,994
Wisconsin WI52$2,081−44%$1,711 – $4,165
Nebraska NE13$1,960−47%$1,370 – $2,581
Vermont VT10$1,947−47%$1,010 – $3,671
Illinois IL30$1,847−50%$1,470 – $16,959
Mississippi MS11$1,733−53%$1,532 – $11,167
West Virginia WV20$1,694−54%$361 – $4,818
Oklahoma OK17$1,221−67%$1,221 – $10,607
Oregon OR15$987−73%$625 – $2,565
Kentucky KY10$931−75%$698 – $3,252
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,693.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care671$4,184$1,694 – $10,312
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access175$1,711$947 – $3,508
Ownership
For-profit97$5,085$2,016 – $11,026
Government137$2,236$1,009 – $4,894
Non-profit623$3,601$1,432 – $9,290
System affiliation
Part of a system673$4,062$1,565 – $9,290
Independent186$2,326$799 – $5,781

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,542
Median cash price$3,693
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

418 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,193 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,825; most fall between $990 and $5,626.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 418 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$625$1,221$2,193$5,356$9,290

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($625 vs $9,290).

Of the 475 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 418 gave a usable cash price; 32 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 25 a list price only.

How complete is this

859 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 953 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted859
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here63
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code953

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Litholapaxy Smpl/Sm <2.5 Cm.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Bladder scope to crush and remove a small bladder stone (CPT 52317) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-52317-bladder-scope-to-crush-and-remove-a-small-bladder-stone