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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Michigan 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?

$5,411

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,411 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$513$479 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,311 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $891 to $11,482Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $363 to $794
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $513

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
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,748.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
11 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
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 14th of 51

$5,411

$513 physician + $4,898 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.