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Cystourethroscopy with Lithotripsy and Vacuum Aspiration

California rates for HCPCS C9761

Cystourethroscopy, with ureteroscopy and/or pyeloscopy, with lithotripsy, and ureteral catheterization for steerable vacuum aspiration of the kidney, collecting system, ureter, bladder, and urethra if necessary, with use of steerable ureteral catheter or suction-integrated ureteroscope

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cystourethroscopy with Lithotripsy and Vacuum Aspiration cost?

$7,943

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,943 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,457 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6,457$6,310 to $9,772
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$5,495 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $16,982Professionalmedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $17,378
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,943professional $6,457

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
$3,715.35
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$23,442.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$331.13
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,549.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37,153.52
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$37,153.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,454.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$16,218.10

Where California sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in Montana 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.

California· 20th of 51

$7,943

MT $26,303AR $1,820

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.