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

Ureter scope with treatment of narrowing inside the kidney

CPT 52346the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed through the urethra and up into the kidney to open a narrowed passage within the kidney's internal drainage system.

Hospitals typically charge $2,231 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 367 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,296. Most fall between $885 and $6,709 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
367
States
43
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 367 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
$718$1,044$2,231$6,364$9,744

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($718 vs $9,744).

How the prices are spread

$516 – $706: 17 hospitals$516$706 – $964: 49 hospitals$964 – $1,317: 52 hospitals$964$1,317 – $1,800: 21 hospitals$1,800 – $2,459: 29 hospitals$1,800$2,459 – $3,360: 9 hospitals$3,360 – $4,591: 27 hospitals$3,360$4,591 – $6,273: 50 hospitals$6,273 – $8,570: 42 hospitals$6,273$8,570 – $11,710: 35 hospitals$8,570median $2,231price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (331 of 367 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$516$70617
$706$96449
$964$1,31752
$1,317$1,80021
$1,800$2,45929
$2,459$3,3609
$3,360$4,59127
$4,591$6,27350
$6,273$8,57042
$8,570$11,71035

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,478
Median cash price$2,231
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.41×

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 $2,231.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals 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 $1,173 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,173Wisconsin: median $2,211 across 20 hospitalsWI$2,211Michigan: median $864 across 19 hospitalsMI$864New York: median $6,016 across 25 hospitalsNY$6,016Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,483 across 11 hospitalsOR$1,483Nevada: 3 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 $1,128 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,128Indiana: median $1,173 across 15 hospitalsIN$1,173Ohio: median $2,231 across 15 hospitalsOH$2,231Pennsylvania: median $7,735 across 10 hospitalsPA$7,735New Jersey: median $5,632 across 30 hospitalsNJ$5,632Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,744 across 39 hospitalsCA$9,744Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $463 across 11 hospitalsWV$463Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 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 $732 across 13 hospitalsOK$732Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,891 across 23 hospitalsTX$3,891Florida: median $5,103 across 10 hospitalsFL$5,103
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,231. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA39$9,744+337%$6,594 – $9,744
Pennsylvania PA10$7,735+247%$3,338 – $9,579
New York NY25$6,016+170%$1,000 – $6,016
New Jersey NJ30$5,632+152%$4,881 – $6,937
Florida FL10$5,103+129%$2,231 – $11,504
Texas TX23$3,891+74%$3,891 – $4,598
Ohio OH15$2,2310%$959 – $8,610
Wisconsin WI20$2,211−1%$2,211 – $5,970
Oregon OR11$1,483−34%$803 – $1,483
Illinois IL13$1,173−47%$801 – $2,199
Indiana IN15$1,173−47%$1,128 – $1,321
Iowa IA20$1,128−49%$1,105 – $1,253
Michigan MI19$864−61%$687 – $7,373
Oklahoma OK13$732−67%$732 – $8,678
West Virginia WV11$463−79%$455 – $1,313
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not 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 $2,231.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care301$3,891$938 – $7,039
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access58$1,412$727 – $3,891
Ownership
For-profit33$3,318$1,173 – $8,157
Government52$1,253$785 – $6,016
Non-profit281$2,956$871 – $6,704
System affiliation
Part of a system304$3,122$920 – $6,924
Independent63$1,412$811 – $6,218

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,351
Median cash price$2,231
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

221 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,502 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,601; most fall between $803 and $6,924.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 221 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
$719$938$1,502$6,594$9,744

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($719 vs $9,744).

Of the 255 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 221 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 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

367 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 404 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted367
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here32
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 — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code404

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 Cysto W/Urtroscopy W/Tx Intra-Renal Stricture.

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, “Ureter scope with treatment of narrowing inside the kidney (CPT 52346) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-52346-ureter-scope-with-treatment-of-narrowing-inside-the-kidney