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Procedure price report · Nephrotomy and nephrostomy

Bladder scope with guide wire placed toward the kidney

CPT 52334the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed through the urethra and a guide wire or catheter is threaded up the ureter to help set up drainage through the skin into the kidney.

Hospitals typically charge $3,137 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 399 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,678. Most fall between $487 and $5,741 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
399
States
46
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 399 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
$321$532$3,137$4,847$7,852

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($321 vs $7,852).

How the prices are spread

$275 – $398: 36 hospitals$275$398 – $575: 47 hospitals$575 – $833: 28 hospitals$575$833 – $1,206: 18 hospitals$1,206 – $1,746: 33 hospitals$1,206$1,746 – $2,528: 4 hospitals$2,528 – $3,660: 46 hospitals$2,528$3,660 – $5,299: 81 hospitals$5,299 – $7,672: 47 hospitals$5,299$7,672 – $11,107: 21 hospitals$7,672median $3,137price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (361 of 399 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$275$39836
$398$57547
$575$83328
$833$1,20618
$1,206$1,74633
$1,746$2,5284
$2,528$3,66046
$3,660$5,29981
$5,299$7,67247
$7,672$11,10721

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,601
Median cash price$3,137
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.87×

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 $3,137.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $525 across 16 hospitalsIL$525Wisconsin: median $1,256 across 21 hospitalsWI$1,256Michigan: median $778 across 19 hospitalsMI$778New York: median $4,081 across 31 hospitalsNY$4,081Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $332 across 10 hospitalsOR$332Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $462 across 18 hospitalsIA$462Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $964 across 10 hospitalsOH$964Pennsylvania: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $4,500 across 27 hospitalsNJ$4,500Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,394 across 48 hospitalsCA$4,394Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 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 $3,955 across 11 hospitalsVA$3,955Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 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 $312 across 12 hospitalsOK$312Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,368 across 37 hospitalsTX$3,368Florida: median $1,441 across 18 hospitalsFL$1,441
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,137. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ27$4,500+43%$3,818 – $5,855
California CA48$4,394+40%$1,292 – $6,311
New York NY31$4,081+30%$520 – $4,265
Virginia VA11$3,955+26%$3,955 – $3,955
Texas TX37$3,368+7%$3,137 – $3,648
Florida FL18$1,441−54%$964 – $26,296
Wisconsin WI21$1,256−60%$1,256 – $4,261
Ohio OH10$964−69%$650 – $964
Michigan MI19$778−75%$386 – $4,847
Illinois IL16$525−83%$403 – $5,843
Iowa IA18$462−85%$462 – $519
Oregon OR10$332−89%$332 – $5,175
Oklahoma OK12$312−90%$312 – $312
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not 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
Wyoming WY1not 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 $3,137.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care343$3,396$487 – $5,888
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access51$838$519 – $4,261
Ownership
For-profit36$3,137$525 – $5,447
Government53$1,043$322 – $4,081
Non-profit309$3,395$512 – $6,311
System affiliation
Part of a system338$3,395$525 – $6,311
Independent61$635$322 – $4,326

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,865
Median cash price$3,137
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

259 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,441 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,665; most fall between $462 and $6,311.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 259 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
$312$520$1,441$4,394$7,855

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($312 vs $7,855).

Of the 298 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 259 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

399 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 — counted399
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
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 Nephrotomy and nephrostomy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Cysto Insj Urtrl Gd Wire Prq Nfros Rtrgr.

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, “Bladder scope with guide wire placed toward the kidney (CPT 52334) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-52334-bladder-scope-with-guide-wire-placed-toward-the-kidney