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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Nevada 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?

$3,589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$427$380 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,291 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $5,754Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $355 to $708
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $427

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
$489.78
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$48.98

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 39th of 51

$3,589

$427 physician + $3,162 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.