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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Massachusetts 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?

$1,851

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,851 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$417 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$468 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $257 to $6,166Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $282 to $6,607
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $562

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
$1,230.27
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,128.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,318.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,905.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$549.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,302.69
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,128.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,737.80
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,698.24
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$134.90

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 49th of 51

$1,851

$562 physician + $1,288 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.