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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Missouri 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?

$4,584

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,584 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$603$457 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,291 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $13,183Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $603

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
$457.09
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,230.27
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$45.71

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 25th of 51

$4,584

$603 physician + $3,981 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.