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

Ureter scope with biopsy or burning of a lesion

CPT 52354the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed through the urethra into the ureter or kidney to take a tissue sample from an abnormal area and destroy it with electric current if needed.

Hospitals typically charge $3,613 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 738 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,973. Most fall between $854 and $9,188 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
738
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 738 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
$681$1,054$3,613$7,863$13,518

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($681 vs $13,518).

How the prices are spread

$520 – $745: 73 hospitals$520$745 – $1,068: 88 hospitals$1,068 – $1,532: 59 hospitals$1,068$1,532 – $2,197: 51 hospitals$2,197 – $3,150: 41 hospitals$2,197$3,150 – $4,516: 68 hospitals$4,516 – $6,476: 90 hospitals$4,516$6,476 – $9,286: 89 hospitals$9,286 – $13,315: 69 hospitals$9,286$13,315 – $19,092: 38 hospitals$13,315median $3,613price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (666 of 738 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$520$74573
$745$1,06888
$1,068$1,53259
$1,532$2,19751
$2,197$3,15041
$3,150$4,51668
$4,516$6,47690
$6,476$9,28689
$9,286$13,31569
$13,315$19,09238

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,478
Median cash price$3,613
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.66×

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 $3,613.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 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 $955 across 16 hospitalsWA$955Idaho: median $10,686 across 12 hospitalsID$10,686Montana: 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 $2,665 across 29 hospitalsMN$2,665Illinois: median $2,369 across 31 hospitalsIL$2,369Wisconsin: median $2,068 across 33 hospitalsWI$2,068Michigan: median $798 across 41 hospitalsMI$798New York: median $6,016 across 51 hospitalsNY$6,016Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,238 across 17 hospitalsOR$1,238Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,054 across 27 hospitalsIA$1,054Indiana: median $1,537 across 19 hospitalsIN$1,537Ohio: median $8,433 across 28 hospitalsOH$8,433Pennsylvania: median $7,894 across 18 hospitalsPA$7,894New Jersey: median $5,627 across 32 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 $6,594 across 61 hospitalsCA$6,594Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $10,003 across 19 hospitalsMO$10,003Kentucky: median $846 across 10 hospitalsKY$846West Virginia: median $1,850 across 19 hospitalsWV$1,850Virginia: median $4,633 across 13 hospitalsVA$4,633Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $1,162 across 11 hospitalsAR$1,162Tennessee: median $2,860 across 15 hospitalsTN$2,860North Carolina: median $4,317 across 18 hospitalsNC$4,317South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $684 across 15 hospitalsOK$684Louisiana: median $5,446 across 10 hospitalsLA$5,446Mississippi: median $1,340 across 11 hospitalsMS$1,340Alabama: median $5,116 across 13 hospitalsAL$5,116Georgia: median $7,863 across 11 hospitalsGA$7,863Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,113 across 34 hospitalsTX$4,113Florida: median $11,309 across 14 hospitalsFL$11,309
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,613. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL14$11,309+213%$5,103 – $19,000
Idaho ID12$10,686+196%$2,818 – $12,489
Missouri MO19$10,003+177%$930 – $17,509
Ohio OH28$8,433+133%$1,867 – $22,744
Pennsylvania PA18$7,894+118%$3,338 – $11,855
Georgia GA11$7,863+118%$1,896 – $7,863
California CA61$6,594+82%$2,513 – $9,470
New York NY51$6,016+66%$1,170 – $9,188
New Jersey NJ32$5,627+56%$4,627 – $6,783
Louisiana LA10$5,446+51%$809 – $9,278
Alabama AL13$5,116+42%$1,193 – $10,735
Virginia VA13$4,633+28%$2,971 – $16,512
North Carolina NC18$4,317+19%$3,763 – $4,497
Texas TX34$4,113+14%$2,606 – $6,591
Tennessee TN15$2,860−21%$395 – $6,232
Minnesota MN29$2,665−26%$877 – $3,613
Illinois IL31$2,369−34%$779 – $27,343
Wisconsin WI33$2,068−43%$1,947 – $5,153
West Virginia WV19$1,850−49%$434 – $6,567
Indiana IN19$1,537−57%$846 – $12,953
Mississippi MS11$1,340−63%$1,092 – $3,757
Oregon OR17$1,238−66%$752 – $1,386
Arkansas AR11$1,162−68%$1,007 – $1,550
Iowa IA27$1,054−71%$941 – $1,711
Washington WA16$955−74%$778 – $3,575
Kentucky KY10$846−77%$421 – $2,232
Michigan MI41$798−78%$638 – $7,373
Oklahoma OK15$684−81%$684 – $9,504
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $3,613.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care585$4,902$1,015 – $9,470
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access144$1,265$719 – $2,704
Ownership
For-profit79$6,193$1,172 – $12,953
Government120$1,495$775 – $6,016
Non-profit537$3,796$877 – $9,297
System affiliation
Part of a system580$4,350$924 – $9,470
Independent158$1,485$779 – $5,911

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,590
Median cash price$3,613
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

342 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,947 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,707; most fall between $752 and $6,594.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 342 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
$598$846$1,947$5,618$9,470

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($598 vs $9,470).

Of the 395 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 342 gave a usable cash price; 32 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 21 a list price only.

How complete is this

738 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 823 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted738
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here57
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code823

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 Cysto/Pyeloscopy Bx&/Fulguration Pelivc Lesion.

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 biopsy or burning of a lesion (CPT 52354) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-52354-ureter-scope-with-biopsy-or-burning-of-a-lesion