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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Idaho 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?

$4,165

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,165 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$550 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$2,291 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $11,749Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $437 to $891
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $617

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
$630.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$20,417.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$891.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$16,982.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$8,709.64
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
14 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
$245.47
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 27th of 51

$4,165

$617 physician + $3,548 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.