Surgery and procedures CPT 50590 Outpatient

Shock wave lithotripsy cost in Jamestown, NY

In Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for shock-wave lithotripsy to break up kidney stones (from outside the body): from $8,607.00 to $8,607.00, with a median of $8,607.00. Across New York, the median is $4,184.10 at 46 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 50590, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$8,607.00Brooks Memorial Hospital
Median$8,607.00half pay less
Highest$8,607.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY.

median
Lowest $8,607.00Highest $12,910.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Brooks Memorial Hospital lowest Dunkirk, NY · (716) 366-1111 Lithotripsy,Shock Wave $8,607.00 $8,607.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Brooks Memorial Hospital both sides Dunkirk, NY · (716) 366-1111 Bilateral Lithotripsy $12,910.00 $12,910.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $8,607.00, median $8,607.00, highest $8,607.00.

Both sides : lowest $12,910.00, median $12,910.00, highest $12,910.00.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $8,607.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

Shock-wave lithotripsy breaks kidney or ureter stones into small pieces with sound waves aimed from outside the body, so the pieces can pass in the urine. No cut is made, and it is usually done under sedation or anesthesia.

What the price covers

The listed price usually covers the lithotripsy treatment in the facility. The urologist, anesthesia, X-rays and any stent placement are often billed separately; some hospitals rent the machine from an outside company, which can change how the charge is listed.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 50590 ($5,898.66). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield, NYPR LITHOTRIPSY XTRCORP SHOCK WAVE $353.98 file