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Procedure price report · Ureteral catheterization

Ureteral stent placement through a new kidney puncture

CPT 50694the billing code this page is about

Image-guided placement of a stent in the ureter through a newly created skin puncture into the kidney, without leaving a separate external kidney drainage tube.

Hospitals typically charge $4,698 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,578 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,935. Most fall between $2,593 and $8,094 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,578
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 1,578 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
$1,624$2,994$4,698$7,278$10,499

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,624 vs $10,499).

How the prices are spread

$997 – $1,288: 46 hospitals$997$1,288 – $1,663: 39 hospitals$1,663 – $2,149: 77 hospitals$1,663$2,149 – $2,775: 110 hospitals$2,775 – $3,585: 168 hospitals$2,775$3,585 – $4,630: 251 hospitals$4,630 – $5,981: 252 hospitals$4,630$5,981 – $7,726: 214 hospitals$7,726 – $9,979: 159 hospitals$7,726$9,979 – $12,890: 109 hospitals$9,979median $4,698price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,425 of 1,578 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$997$1,28846
$1,288$1,66339
$1,663$2,14977
$2,149$2,775110
$2,775$3,585168
$3,585$4,630251
$4,630$5,981252
$5,981$7,726214
$7,726$9,979159
$9,979$12,890109

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,601
Median cash price$4,698
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.30×

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 $4,698.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $5,075 across 32 hospitalsWA$5,075Idaho: median $5,986 across 12 hospitalsID$5,986Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,412 across 35 hospitalsMN$4,412Illinois: median $4,510 across 70 hospitalsIL$4,510Wisconsin: median $4,715 across 57 hospitalsWI$4,715Michigan: median $4,738 across 59 hospitalsMI$4,738New York: median $4,184 across 57 hospitalsNY$4,184Massachusetts: median $5,480 across 22 hospitalsMA$5,480Oregon: median $6,990 across 33 hospitalsOR$6,990Nevada: median $3,710 across 10 hospitalsNV$3,710Wyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,262 across 16 hospitalsIA$3,262Indiana: median $3,253 across 45 hospitalsIN$3,253Ohio: median $6,064 across 93 hospitalsOH$6,064Pennsylvania: median $6,458 across 72 hospitalsPA$6,458New Jersey: median $4,561 across 50 hospitalsNJ$4,561Connecticut: median $5,203 across 14 hospitalsCT$5,203Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,858 across 133 hospitalsCA$6,858Utah: median $5,380 across 26 hospitalsUT$5,380Colorado: median $3,522 across 34 hospitalsCO$3,522Nebraska: median $2,081 across 15 hospitalsNE$2,081Missouri: median $4,555 across 38 hospitalsMO$4,555Kentucky: median $3,591 across 15 hospitalsKY$3,591West Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $4,356 across 36 hospitalsVA$4,356Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,225 across 31 hospitalsAZ$3,225New Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,440 across 14 hospitalsKS$2,440Arkansas: median $2,509 across 15 hospitalsAR$2,509Tennessee: median $1,106 across 36 hospitalsTN$1,106North Carolina: median $4,439 across 39 hospitalsNC$4,439South Carolina: median $5,758 across 29 hospitalsSC$5,758Oklahoma: median $3,597 across 25 hospitalsOK$3,597Louisiana: median $3,401 across 26 hospitalsLA$3,401Mississippi: median $2,239 across 27 hospitalsMS$2,239Alabama: median $3,853 across 20 hospitalsAL$3,853Georgia: median $5,600 across 56 hospitalsGA$5,600Hawaii: median $2,327 across 10 hospitalsHI$2,327Texas: median $4,789 across 129 hospitalsTX$4,789Florida: median $6,761 across 83 hospitalsFL$6,761
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,698. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Oregon OR33$6,990+49%$2,853 – $10,425
California CA133$6,858+46%$3,309 – $12,023
Florida FL83$6,761+44%$3,917 – $9,773
Pennsylvania PA72$6,458+37%$3,635 – $14,949
Ohio OH93$6,064+29%$3,841 – $10,312
Idaho ID12$5,986+27%$4,500 – $8,773
South Carolina SC29$5,758+23%$4,469 – $6,198
Georgia GA56$5,600+19%$3,518 – $8,458
Massachusetts MA22$5,480+17%$3,980 – $9,762
Utah UT26$5,380+15%$5,380 – $6,330
Connecticut CT14$5,203+11%$4,424 – $11,458
Washington WA32$5,075+8%$2,538 – $6,956
Texas TX129$4,789+2%$3,523 – $6,958
Michigan MI59$4,738+1%$586 – $7,650
Wisconsin WI57$4,7150%$3,442 – $7,650
New Jersey NJ50$4,561−3%$3,818 – $6,839
Missouri MO38$4,555−3%$2,568 – $6,120
Illinois IL70$4,510−4%$2,000 – $7,392
North Carolina NC39$4,439−6%$1,710 – $5,878
Minnesota MN35$4,412−6%$3,410 – $8,568
Virginia VA36$4,356−7%$3,458 – $6,307
New York NY57$4,184−11%$2,282 – $7,691
Alabama AL20$3,853−18%$2,272 – $8,477
Nevada NV10$3,710−21%$1,139 – $4,878
Oklahoma OK25$3,597−23%$2,197 – $4,805
Kentucky KY15$3,591−24%$2,780 – $13,849
Colorado CO34$3,522−25%$3,019 – $9,238
Louisiana LA26$3,401−28%$1,961 – $6,272
Iowa IA16$3,262−31%$2,834 – $6,294
Indiana IN45$3,253−31%$2,065 – $7,406
Arizona AZ31$3,225−31%$2,005 – $20,296
Arkansas AR15$2,509−47%$979 – $3,466
Kansas KS14$2,440−48%$1,998 – $6,669
Hawaii HI10$2,327−50%$1,232 – $4,158
Mississippi MS27$2,239−52%$1,185 – $3,507
Nebraska NE15$2,081−56%$1,762 – $2,994
Tennessee TN36$1,106−76%$1,035 – $2,287
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $4,698.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,402$4,698$2,665 – $8,077
Children’s36$3,853$2,538 – $8,249
Critical access132$5,183$2,239 – $8,363
Ownership
For-profit152$5,085$2,678 – $10,472
Government185$4,081$2,006 – $6,557
Non-profit1,233$4,710$2,678 – $8,151
System affiliation
Part of a system1,390$4,710$2,678 – $8,287
Independent188$4,343$2,254 – $7,520

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$8,580
Median cash price$4,698
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

1,239 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $5,195 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,265; most fall between $2,703 and $8,568.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,239 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
$1,710$3,169$5,195$7,650$10,648

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,710 vs $10,648).

Of the 1,333 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,239 gave a usable cash price; 41 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 52 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,578 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (40%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,704 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,578
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here65
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 — excluded59
Hospitals that filed this code1,704

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 Ureteral catheterization family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Plmt Urtrl Stnt Prq New Acess W/O Sep Nfros Cath.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Ureteral stent placement through a new kidney puncture (CPT 50694) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50694-ureteral-stent-placement-through-a-new-kidney-puncture