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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Maine 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?

$2,992

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,992 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$537$479 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,000 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,898Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $389 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $537

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12

Where Maine 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

Maine· 47th of 51

$2,992

$537 physician + $2,455 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.