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Telescope Removal of a Kidney or Ureter Stone

Virginia 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?

$5,586

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,586 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$457$398 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$1,549 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $513 to $13,183Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $363 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129professional $457

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
$478.63
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
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
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 13th of 51

$5,586

$457 physician + $5,129 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.