Ureteral stent placement cost in Fayetteville, NC
In Fayetteville, NC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for cystoscopy with ureteral stent placement: from $2,932.20 to $7,207.20, with a median of $5,069.70. The lowest listed price is at Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital — $2,137.50 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $4,555.88 at 19 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 52332, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fayetteville, NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital lowest Fayetteville, NC INSERTION OF STENT IN URETER USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $2,932.20 | $4,887.00 | $3,492.30–$8,730.75 | 40% | — source file |
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Fayetteville, NC · (910) 609-4000 INSERTION OF STENT IN URETER USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $7,207.20 | $12,012.00 | $3,492.30–$8,730.75 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,932.20, median $5,069.70, highest $7,207.20 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This procedure places a thin tube (stent) in the ureter through a scope, to let urine drain past a stone or blockage.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 52332 ($3,521.40). 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.
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Fayetteville, NCCYSTOSCOPY AND TREATMENT | $300.00 | file |
| Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital Raeford, NCCYSTOSCOPY AND TREATMENT | $300.00 | file |
| Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital Fayetteville, NCCYSTOSCOPY AND TREATMENT | $300.00 | file |