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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Ohio 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?

$3,118

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,118 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$389 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,096 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $708 to $9,333Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $339 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $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
$707.95
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$8,128.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,659.59
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25
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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$134.90

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 46th of 51

$3,118

$427 physician + $2,692 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.