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Procedure price report · Extracorporeal lithotripsy, urinary

Ureter scope with stone breakup by laser or shock

CPT 52353the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed through the urethra into the ureter or kidney and a stone is fragmented with a laser or similar device; includes any ureteral catheter placed.

Hospitals typically charge $4,187 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 865 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,381. Most fall between $918 and $10,190 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
865
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 865 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
$656$1,105$4,187$8,064$13,761

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($656 vs $13,761).

How the prices are spread

$472 – $680: 53 hospitals$472$680 – $982: 90 hospitals$982 – $1,417: 76 hospitals$982$1,417 – $2,044: 61 hospitals$2,044 – $2,949: 48 hospitals$2,044$2,949 – $4,255: 66 hospitals$4,255 – $6,140: 109 hospitals$4,255$6,140 – $8,859: 115 hospitals$8,859 – $12,783: 99 hospitals$8,859$12,783 – $18,444: 62 hospitals$12,783median $4,187price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (779 of 865 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$472$68053
$680$98290
$982$1,41776
$1,417$2,04461
$2,044$2,94948
$2,949$4,25566
$4,255$6,140109
$6,140$8,859115
$8,859$12,78399
$12,783$18,44462

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,478
Median cash price$4,187
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.76×

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 $4,187.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $690 across 10 hospitalsME$690Vermont: 8 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 $1,320 across 19 hospitalsWA$1,320Idaho: median $7,568 across 12 hospitalsID$7,568Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,675 across 28 hospitalsMN$2,675Illinois: median $1,400 across 31 hospitalsIL$1,400Wisconsin: median $1,968 across 33 hospitalsWI$1,968Michigan: median $775 across 44 hospitalsMI$775New York: median $6,016 across 54 hospitalsNY$6,016Massachusetts: median $6,686 across 11 hospitalsMA$6,686Oregon: median $705 across 14 hospitalsOR$705Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $991 across 33 hospitalsIA$991Indiana: median $2,674 across 23 hospitalsIN$2,674Ohio: median $10,900 across 52 hospitalsOH$10,900Pennsylvania: median $7,894 across 20 hospitalsPA$7,894New Jersey: median $5,627 across 39 hospitalsNJ$5,627Connecticut: 3 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 $7,062 across 58 hospitalsCA$7,062Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,009 across 15 hospitalsNE$1,009Missouri: median $5,344 across 17 hospitalsMO$5,344Kentucky: median $1,400 across 10 hospitalsKY$1,400West Virginia: median $3,034 across 22 hospitalsWV$3,034Virginia: median $13,179 across 17 hospitalsVA$13,179Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,162 across 12 hospitalsAZ$2,162New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $5,051 across 11 hospitalsKS$5,051Arkansas: median $2,259 across 13 hospitalsAR$2,259Tennessee: median $2,726 across 17 hospitalsTN$2,726North Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,667 across 22 hospitalsOK$2,667Louisiana: median $4,518 across 17 hospitalsLA$4,518Mississippi: median $3,256 across 15 hospitalsMS$3,256Alabama: median $6,180 across 15 hospitalsAL$6,180Georgia: median $4,046 across 37 hospitalsGA$4,046Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,441 across 41 hospitalsTX$7,441Florida: median $2,114 across 14 hospitalsFL$2,114
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,187. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA17$13,179+215%$4,187 – $16,566
Ohio OH52$10,900+160%$1,751 – $13,127
Pennsylvania PA20$7,894+89%$3,338 – $12,182
Idaho ID12$7,568+81%$2,781 – $12,489
Texas TX41$7,441+78%$4,999 – $18,681
California CA58$7,062+69%$2,715 – $12,090
Massachusetts MA11$6,686+60%$4,182 – $8,143
Alabama AL15$6,180+48%$2,308 – $9,669
New York NY54$6,016+44%$1,154 – $9,188
New Jersey NJ39$5,627+34%$4,200 – $6,669
Missouri MO17$5,344+28%$974 – $13,761
Kansas KS11$5,051+21%$1,304 – $8,373
Louisiana LA17$4,518+8%$2,537 – $10,479
Georgia GA37$4,046−3%$3,120 – $7,874
Mississippi MS15$3,256−22%$1,913 – $9,662
West Virginia WV22$3,034−28%$406 – $8,347
Tennessee TN17$2,726−35%$426 – $6,469
Minnesota MN28$2,675−36%$954 – $4,783
Indiana IN23$2,674−36%$711 – $9,916
Oklahoma OK22$2,667−36%$818 – $10,364
Arkansas AR13$2,259−46%$946 – $7,480
Arizona AZ12$2,162−48%$596 – $13,754
Florida FL14$2,114−49%$1,950 – $13,934
Wisconsin WI33$1,968−53%$1,788 – $5,859
Illinois IL31$1,400−67%$939 – $25,155
Kentucky KY10$1,400−67%$416 – $10,190
Washington WA19$1,320−68%$732 – $7,475
Nebraska NE15$1,009−76%$605 – $2,580
Iowa IA33$991−76%$991 – $5,013
Michigan MI44$775−81%$679 – $13,627
Oregon OR14$705−83%$705 – $1,785
Maine ME10$690−84%$485 – $1,171
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $4,187.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care667$5,344$1,063 – $11,789
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access182$1,291$690 – $4,783
Ownership
For-profit111$7,634$2,997 – $13,179
Government143$2,114$730 – $6,469
Non-profit609$4,076$920 – $10,187
System affiliation
Part of a system669$4,946$991 – $11,768
Independent196$1,996$751 – $6,543

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,802
Median cash price$4,187
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

417 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,667 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,443; most fall between $805 and $7,874.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 417 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
$574$918$2,667$7,062$12,090

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($574 vs $12,090).

Of the 473 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 417 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 28 a list price only.

How complete is this

865 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 959 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted865
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here58
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded28
Hospitals that filed this code959

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 Extracorporeal lithotripsy, urinary family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Cysto W/Ureteroscopy W/Lithotripsy.

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 stone breakup by laser or shock (CPT 52353) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-52353-ureter-scope-with-stone-breakup-by-laser-or-shock