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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Utah 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?

$5,587

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,587 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$339$282 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,162 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $603 to $13,804Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $251 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $339

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
$602.56
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$15,135.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
6 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
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$22,908.68

Where Utah 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

Utah· 12th of 51

$5,587

$339 physician + $5,248 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.