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Scope Procedure To Break Up A Kidney Or Ureter Stone

New Hampshire rates for HCPCS 52356

A thin scope is passed up through the urinary tract to reach a stone in the ureter or kidney, where a laser or other device breaks it into smaller pieces that can pass or be removed. This version also includes placing a temporary stent in the ureter afterward to help urine drain while the area heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Scope Procedure To Break Up A Kidney Or Ureter Stone cost?

$7,952

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,952 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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$708$479 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$2,630 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $603 to $12,882Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,148
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $708

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Wyoming than in Arkansas. 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

New Hampshire· 19th of 51

$7,952

$708 physician + $7,244 facility

WY $14,876AR $2,907

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.