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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Delaware 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?

$3,467

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$398 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,698 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $955 to $10,233Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $363 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $447

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 40th of 51

$3,467

$447 physician + $3,020 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.