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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Minnesota 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?

$3,650

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,650 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$832$617 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$776 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $380 to $8,710Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $832

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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$33,884.42
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$44.67

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 36th of 51

$3,650

$832 physician + $2,818 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.