Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for ureteroscopy with laser stone breaking (lithotripsy): from $16,260.17 to $32,011.87, with a median of $24,136.02. The lowest listed price is at Dupont Hospital — $7,875.85 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $1,400.00 at 14 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 52353, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dupont Hospital lowest Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 CYSTOURETERO W/LITHOTRIPSY | $16,260.17 | $60,222.86 | $352.29–$54,200.57 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 CYSTOURETERO W/LITHOTRIPSY | $32,011.87 | $106,706.23 | $322.73–$96,035.61 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $16,260.17, median $24,136.02, highest $32,011.87 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $520.25. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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 none is it 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
Ureteroscopy passes a thin scope up the ureter to break a stone with a laser.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 52353 ($3,950.58). 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.
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN52353 CYSTOURETERO W/LITHOTRIPSY | $244.32 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN52353 CYSTOURETERO W/LITHOTRIPSY | $274.86 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN52353 CYSTOURETERO W/LITHOTRIPSY | $274.86 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN52353 CYSTOURETERO W/LITHOTRIPSY | $305.40 | file |