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Procedure price report · Ureteral catheterization

Bladder scope with placement of a ureter stent

CPT 52332the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed through the urethra and a temporary indwelling stent is placed in the ureter to keep it open and draining; priced per ureter treated.

Hospitals typically charge $3,536 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,366 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,459. Most fall between $909 and $7,206 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,366
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 1,366 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
$506$1,141$3,536$5,741$11,297

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($506 vs $11,297).

How the prices are spread

$351 – $514: 71 hospitals$351$514 – $751: 82 hospitals$751 – $1,099: 100 hospitals$751$1,099 – $1,608: 93 hospitals$1,608 – $2,352: 110 hospitals$1,608$2,352 – $3,440: 133 hospitals$3,440 – $5,032: 291 hospitals$3,440$5,032 – $7,360: 154 hospitals$7,360 – $10,766: 122 hospitals$7,360$10,766 – $15,748: 80 hospitals$10,766median $3,536price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,236 of 1,366 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$351$51471
$514$75182
$751$1,099100
$1,099$1,60893
$1,608$2,352110
$2,352$3,440133
$3,440$5,032291
$5,032$7,360154
$7,360$10,766122
$10,766$15,74880

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,601
Median cash price$3,536
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.98×

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 $3,536.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $724 across 17 hospitalsME$724Vermont: median $1,210 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,210New Hampshire: median $1,319 across 11 hospitalsNH$1,319Washington: median $1,895 across 26 hospitalsWA$1,895Idaho: median $7,933 across 15 hospitalsID$7,933Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,017 across 52 hospitalsMN$2,017Illinois: median $1,945 across 47 hospitalsIL$1,945Wisconsin: median $1,681 across 57 hospitalsWI$1,681Michigan: median $714 across 45 hospitalsMI$714New York: median $4,081 across 77 hospitalsNY$4,081Massachusetts: median $5,385 across 26 hospitalsMA$5,385Oregon: median $2,134 across 30 hospitalsOR$2,134Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,114 across 45 hospitalsIA$1,114Indiana: median $3,711 across 30 hospitalsIN$3,711Ohio: median $6,241 across 79 hospitalsOH$6,241Pennsylvania: median $4,165 across 48 hospitalsPA$4,165New Jersey: median $4,334 across 37 hospitalsNJ$4,334Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,741 across 102 hospitalsCA$5,741Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,597 across 20 hospitalsCO$2,597Nebraska: median $1,488 across 27 hospitalsNE$1,488Missouri: median $2,753 across 36 hospitalsMO$2,753Kentucky: median $805 across 18 hospitalsKY$805West Virginia: median $1,750 across 23 hospitalsWV$1,750Virginia: median $4,285 across 37 hospitalsVA$4,285Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,834 across 14 hospitalsAZ$3,834New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $3,320 across 19 hospitalsKS$3,320Arkansas: median $2,006 across 15 hospitalsAR$2,006Tennessee: median $3,257 across 20 hospitalsTN$3,257North Carolina: median $4,181 across 26 hospitalsNC$4,181South Carolina: median $7,269 across 19 hospitalsSC$7,269Oklahoma: median $3,702 across 26 hospitalsOK$3,702Louisiana: median $3,051 across 30 hospitalsLA$3,051Mississippi: median $2,979 across 17 hospitalsMS$2,979Alabama: median $4,118 across 22 hospitalsAL$4,118Georgia: median $2,789 across 44 hospitalsGA$2,789Hawaii: median $2,584 across 11 hospitalsHI$2,584Texas: median $4,343 across 84 hospitalsTX$4,343Florida: median $4,878 across 30 hospitalsFL$4,878
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,536. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID15$7,933+124%$803 – $8,773
South Carolina SC19$7,269+106%$2,145 – $10,531
Ohio OH79$6,241+76%$3,318 – $12,316
California CA102$5,741+62%$2,005 – $10,746
Massachusetts MA26$5,385+52%$3,326 – $10,709
Florida FL30$4,878+38%$3,138 – $11,265
Texas TX84$4,343+23%$1,218 – $5,417
New Jersey NJ37$4,334+23%$3,786 – $5,110
Virginia VA37$4,285+21%$3,560 – $9,469
North Carolina NC26$4,181+18%$774 – $4,556
Pennsylvania PA48$4,165+18%$3,521 – $6,499
Alabama AL22$4,118+16%$2,066 – $8,427
New York NY77$4,081+15%$1,013 – $8,077
Arizona AZ14$3,834+8%$642 – $15,768
Indiana IN30$3,711+5%$805 – $7,958
Oklahoma OK26$3,702+5%$476 – $8,637
Kansas KS19$3,320−6%$543 – $5,214
Tennessee TN20$3,257−8%$523 – $5,213
Louisiana LA30$3,051−14%$917 – $5,522
Mississippi MS17$2,979−16%$1,141 – $10,504
Georgia GA44$2,789−21%$1,611 – $3,264
Missouri MO36$2,753−22%$1,020 – $13,238
Colorado CO20$2,597−27%$538 – $4,929
Hawaii HI11$2,584−27%$425 – $3,189
Oregon OR30$2,134−40%$282 – $9,445
Minnesota MN52$2,017−43%$1,088 – $3,708
Arkansas AR15$2,006−43%$851 – $4,084
Illinois IL47$1,945−45%$805 – $6,662
Washington WA26$1,895−46%$559 – $5,883
West Virginia WV23$1,750−51%$925 – $4,303
Wisconsin WI57$1,681−52%$834 – $3,124
Nebraska NE27$1,488−58%$838 – $3,497
New Hampshire NH11$1,319−63%$708 – $1,864
Vermont VT10$1,210−66%$548 – $1,785
Iowa IA45$1,114−68%$455 – $4,724
Kentucky KY18$805−77%$497 – $3,633
Maine ME17$724−80%$274 – $4,957
Michigan MI45$714−80%$600 – $4,847
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not 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 $3,536.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,062$4,027$1,264 – $8,427
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access280$1,091$501 – $3,666
Ownership
For-profit148$4,343$2,145 – $10,504
Government219$1,780$540 – $4,407
Non-profit994$3,666$983 – $7,765
System affiliation
Part of a system1,110$3,769$1,114 – $7,801
Independent256$1,764$538 – $5,088

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,530
Median cash price$3,536
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

801 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,482 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,319; most fall between $838 and $5,931.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 801 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
$476$1,123$3,482$5,356$9,756

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($476 vs $9,756).

Of the 896 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 801 gave a usable cash price; 54 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 41 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,366 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (35%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,504 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,366
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here91
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded10
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded37
Hospitals that filed this code1,504

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 Ureteral catheterization family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Cysto W/Insert Ureteral Stent.

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 with placement of a ureter stent (CPT 52332) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-52332-bladder-scope-with-placement-of-a-ureter-stent