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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$7,820

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,820 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$479 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$4,467 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $15,488Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $389 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$50.12

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 7.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$7,820

$575 physician + $7,244 facility

WI $8,816MT $1,205

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.