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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Oregon 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?

$1,467

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,467 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$501 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$724 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $550 to $12,589Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,072
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $759professional $708

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
$616.60
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,782.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,918.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$20,417.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
11 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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$30,199.52

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$1,467

$708 physician + $759 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.