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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Kentucky 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?

$3,768

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,768 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$457$398 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,023 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $490 to $9,550Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $331 to $692
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,311professional $457

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
$489.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
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
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$51.29

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 31st of 51

$3,768

$457 physician + $3,311 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.