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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Oklahoma 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?

$6,969

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,969 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$513$437 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$2,399 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,882Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $380 to $6,310
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $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
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 6th of 51

$6,969

$513 physician + $6,457 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.