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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Kansas 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?

$6,343

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,343 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$479 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$2,692 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $8,511Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $589

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
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
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
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 8th of 51

$6,343

$589 physician + $5,754 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.