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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Indiana 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?

$6,020

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,020 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$525$407 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$2,291 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $832 to $19,055Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $355 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $525

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
$478.63
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,413.10
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 10th of 51

$6,020

$525 physician + $5,495 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.