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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 52353

A slim telescope is passed up through the urethra and bladder into the ureter, and sometimes on into the kidney, until the stone is in view. Energy delivered through the scope — usually a laser fiber — breaks the stone into fragments small enough to be picked out or passed naturally. Nothing is cut on the outside; a temporary internal drainage tube is often left afterwards and is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone cost?

$6,588

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,588 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 60 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$417 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,311 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $851 to $14,125Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,479
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $6,026professional $562

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
$776.25
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,488.17

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Oregon. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
WI $11,342OR $1,501

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.