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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Maryland 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?

$3,171

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,171 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$380 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,905 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,248Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $363 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $417

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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
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
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$41.69

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 43rd of 51

$3,171

$417 physician + $2,754 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.