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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone cost?

$3,236

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,950 to $6,026.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,000
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,236

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $3,236 · 41st of 51
IN $10,965MD $589

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.