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Procedure price report · Endoscopy and endoscopic biopsy of the urinary tract

Diagnostic scope exam of the ureter and kidney drainage

CPT 52351the billing code this page is about

A thin telescope is passed through the bladder into the ureter and kidney collecting system to look for problems, with no treatment performed.

Hospitals typically charge $2,994 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,067 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,970. Most fall between $764 and $6,388 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,067
States
49
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 1,067 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
$547$923$2,994$5,110$10,013

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($547 vs $10,013).

How the prices are spread

$414 – $587: 69 hospitals$414$587 – $831: 117 hospitals$831 – $1,176: 75 hospitals$831$1,176 – $1,666: 72 hospitals$1,666 – $2,359: 94 hospitals$1,666$2,359 – $3,340: 88 hospitals$3,340 – $4,729: 203 hospitals$3,340$4,729 – $6,696: 87 hospitals$6,696 – $9,481: 89 hospitals$6,696$9,481 – $13,425: 67 hospitals$9,481median $2,994price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (961 of 1,067 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$414$58769
$587$831117
$831$1,17675
$1,176$1,66672
$1,666$2,35994
$2,359$3,34088
$3,340$4,729203
$4,729$6,69687
$6,696$9,48189
$9,481$13,42567

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,601
Median cash price$2,994
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.83×

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 $2,994.

Alaska: median $4,009 across 11 hospitalsAK$4,009Maine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,615 across 37 hospitalsWA$2,615Idaho: median $4,624 across 13 hospitalsID$4,624Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,112 across 35 hospitalsMN$2,112Illinois: median $1,588 across 37 hospitalsIL$1,588Wisconsin: median $1,668 across 51 hospitalsWI$1,668Michigan: median $589 across 41 hospitalsMI$589New York: median $4,081 across 57 hospitalsNY$4,081Massachusetts: median $4,347 across 17 hospitalsMA$4,347Oregon: median $1,007 across 30 hospitalsOR$1,007Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $927 across 32 hospitalsIA$927Indiana: median $1,180 across 41 hospitalsIN$1,180Ohio: median $6,110 across 67 hospitalsOH$6,110Pennsylvania: median $4,730 across 31 hospitalsPA$4,730New Jersey: median $4,087 across 34 hospitalsNJ$4,087Connecticut: 8 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 $4,046 across 87 hospitalsCA$4,046Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,715 across 10 hospitalsCO$1,715Nebraska: median $763 across 22 hospitalsNE$763Missouri: median $4,057 across 26 hospitalsMO$4,057Kentucky: median $613 across 11 hospitalsKY$613West Virginia: median $970 across 22 hospitalsWV$970Virginia: median $2,864 across 32 hospitalsVA$2,864Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,778 across 13 hospitalsKS$1,778Arkansas: median $1,477 across 13 hospitalsAR$1,477Tennessee: median $2,646 across 19 hospitalsTN$2,646North Carolina: median $4,316 across 24 hospitalsNC$4,316South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $631 across 18 hospitalsOK$631Louisiana: median $4,128 across 19 hospitalsLA$4,128Mississippi: median $943 across 12 hospitalsMS$943Alabama: median $3,146 across 14 hospitalsAL$3,146Georgia: median $2,027 across 35 hospitalsGA$2,027Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,707 across 43 hospitalsTX$3,707Florida: median $2,445 across 23 hospitalsFL$2,445
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,994. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH67$6,110+104%$3,485 – $11,812
Pennsylvania PA31$4,730+58%$2,429 – $7,427
Idaho ID13$4,624+54%$2,060 – $8,773
Massachusetts MA17$4,347+45%$2,164 – $8,261
North Carolina NC24$4,316+44%$568 – $4,496
Louisiana LA19$4,128+38%$2,481 – $9,179
New Jersey NJ34$4,087+37%$3,786 – $5,741
New York NY57$4,081+36%$855 – $4,595
Missouri MO26$4,057+36%$1,109 – $10,247
California CA87$4,046+35%$1,960 – $7,650
Alaska AK11$4,009+34%$2,860 – $7,188
Texas TX43$3,707+24%$2,653 – $5,261
Alabama AL14$3,146+5%$707 – $8,547
Virginia VA32$2,864−4%$2,174 – $10,452
Tennessee TN19$2,646−12%$331 – $5,023
Washington WA37$2,615−13%$719 – $6,269
Florida FL23$2,445−18%$1,441 – $8,225
Minnesota MN35$2,112−29%$739 – $3,181
Georgia GA35$2,027−32%$1,239 – $4,376
Kansas KS13$1,778−41%$424 – $5,751
Colorado CO10$1,715−43%$701 – $2,755
Wisconsin WI51$1,668−44%$800 – $3,596
Illinois IL37$1,588−47%$613 – $12,334
Arkansas AR13$1,477−51%$596 – $3,971
Indiana IN41$1,180−61%$632 – $6,388
Oregon OR30$1,007−66%$547 – $7,836
West Virginia WV22$970−68%$319 – $2,223
Mississippi MS12$943−68%$861 – $8,801
Iowa IA32$927−69%$764 – $3,030
Nebraska NE22$763−75%$603 – $2,444
Oklahoma OK18$631−79%$631 – $8,451
Kentucky KY11$613−80%$494 – $2,120
Michigan MI41$589−80%$501 – $4,847
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $2,994.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care843$3,647$909 – $7,630
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access206$1,007$583 – $3,596
Ownership
For-profit115$4,511$1,563 – $9,982
Government158$1,353$596 – $4,316
Non-profit790$3,030$792 – $6,499
System affiliation
Part of a system862$3,496$850 – $7,044
Independent205$1,306$586 – $4,343

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,120
Median cash price$2,994
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

581 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,174 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,507; most fall between $707 and $4,743.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 581 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
$504$785$2,174$4,386$7,650

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($504 vs $7,650).

Of the 648 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 581 gave a usable cash price; 29 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 38 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,067 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (27%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,166 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,067
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here60
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded29
Hospitals that filed this code1,166

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 Endoscopy and endoscopic biopsy of the urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Cysto/Uretero/Pyeloscopy, Dx.

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, “Diagnostic scope exam of the ureter and kidney drainage (CPT 52351) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-52351-diagnostic-scope-exam-of-the-ureter-and-kidney-drainage