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Procedure price report · Transurethral excision, drainage, or removal urinary obstruction

Kidney scope via nephrostomy to remove stone or object

CPT 50561the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed into the kidney through an existing surgical opening and a stone or foreign object is removed.

Hospitals typically charge $3,313 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 392 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,630. Most fall between $874 and $6,599 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
392
States
46
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 392 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$650$1,184$3,313$6,016$10,718

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($650 vs $10,718).

How the prices are spread

$556 – $758: 47 hospitals$556$758 – $1,035: 26 hospitals$1,035 – $1,413: 27 hospitals$1,035$1,413 – $1,929: 13 hospitals$1,929 – $2,634: 33 hospitals$1,929$2,634 – $3,596: 38 hospitals$3,596 – $4,909: 34 hospitals$3,596$4,909 – $6,701: 85 hospitals$6,701 – $9,148: 19 hospitals$6,701$9,148 – $12,489: 34 hospitals$9,148median $3,313price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (356 of 392 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$556$75847
$758$1,03526
$1,035$1,41327
$1,413$1,92913
$1,929$2,63433
$2,634$3,59638
$3,596$4,90934
$4,909$6,70185
$6,701$9,14819
$9,148$12,48934

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,478
Median cash price$3,313
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.60×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,313.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,591 across 20 hospitalsIL$1,591Wisconsin: median $2,333 across 25 hospitalsWI$2,333Michigan: median $3,239 across 26 hospitalsMI$3,239New York: median $6,016 across 26 hospitalsNY$6,016Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,192 across 16 hospitalsIA$1,192Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,971 across 12 hospitalsOH$1,971Pennsylvania: median $5,481 across 15 hospitalsPA$5,481New Jersey: median $5,627 across 26 hospitalsNJ$5,627Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,599 across 43 hospitalsCA$6,599Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,807 across 13 hospitalsVA$2,807Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $648 across 13 hospitalsOK$648Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,966 across 30 hospitalsTX$4,966Florida: median $5,246 across 10 hospitalsFL$5,246
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,313. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA43$6,599+99%$5,106 – $10,718
New York NY26$6,016+82%$1,105 – $6,364
New Jersey NJ26$5,627+70%$4,881 – $6,218
Pennsylvania PA15$5,481+65%$3,041 – $8,595
Florida FL10$5,246+58%$1,971 – $5,621
Texas TX30$4,966+50%$556 – $4,966
Michigan MI26$3,239−2%$748 – $3,239
Virginia VA13$2,807−15%$678 – $2,864
Wisconsin WI25$2,333−30%$2,333 – $3,992
Ohio OH12$1,971−41%$1,763 – $7,414
Illinois IL20$1,591−52%$728 – $4,897
Iowa IA16$1,192−64%$1,192 – $1,192
Oklahoma OK13$648−80%$648 – $10,364
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,313.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care339$3,710$874 – $6,693
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access46$2,333$995 – $4,880
Ownership
For-profit35$4,500$728 – $9,149
Government37$1,680$814 – $6,016
Non-profit319$3,313$970 – $6,599
System affiliation
Part of a system332$3,360$894 – $6,599
Independent60$2,610$746 – $5,998

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,589
Median cash price$3,313
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

249 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,333 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,954; most fall between $728 and $6,665.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 249 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$563$773$2,333$6,599$10,718

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($563 vs $10,718).

Of the 278 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 249 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

392 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 440 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted392
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here41
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code440

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Transurethral excision, drainage, or removal urinary obstruction family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Renal Ndsc Nephros/Pyelostomy Rmvl FB/Calculus.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Kidney scope via nephrostomy to remove stone or object (CPT 50561) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50561-kidney-scope-via-nephrostomy-to-remove-stone-or-object