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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Illinois 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?

$5,214

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,214 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$537$437 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,630 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $891 to $9,333Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $389 to $832
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,677professional $537

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
$398.11
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
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
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$44.67

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 18th of 51

$5,214

$537 physician + $4,677 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.