Ureteroscopy for kidney stone cost in Chicago, IL
In Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 18 hospitals list a cash price for ureteroscopy with laser stone breaking and stent placement: from $720.30 to $31,587.05, with a median of $13,608.55. The lowest listed price is at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital — $12,888.25 less than the median here. Across Illinois, the median is $6,157.90 at 23 hospitals.
- The median here, $13,608.55, is 85% above the US median of $7,372.68.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 16 cities for code 52356, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 10, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Nov 5, 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital lowest Chicago, IL · (312) 864-6000 PF-CYSTO/URETERO W/ LITHOTRPSY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $720.30 | $1,029.00 | $475.57–$823.20 | 30% |
| Loretto Hospital Chicago, IL · (773) 626-4300 CYSTO/PYELOSC INSERT STNT PF File of Nov 5, 2026 · source file | $740.46 | $1,234.10 | $740.46–$1,234.10 | 40% |
| Mercy Medical Center Aurora, IL · (630) 859-2222 Cysto/uretero w/lithotripsy File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $5,717.00 | $22,559.00 | $395.10–$22,559.00 | 75% |
| Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet Joliet, IL · (815) 725-7133 Cysto/uretero w/lithotripsy File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $5,717.00 | $14,527.00 | $395.10–$14,527.00 | 61% |
| Saint Francis Hospital Evanston, IL · (847) 316-4000 Cysto/uretero w/lithotripsy File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $5,717.00 | $17,176.00 | $411.37–$14,256.08 | 67% |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL · (312) 926-2000 HB Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,157.90 | $8,797.00 | $2,058.50–$4,838.35 | 30% |
| Franciscan Health Munster Munster, IN · (219) 922-4200 Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $7,332.90 | $34,426.78 | $5,672.83–$20,031.22 | 79% |
| Franciscan Health Crown Point Crown Point, IN · (219) 757-6100 Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $7,979.90 | $30,929.84 | $30,929.84–$37,234.38 | 74% |
| Franciscan Health Dyer Dyer, IN · (219) 865-2141 Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $11,249.24 | $41,663.86 | $5,672.83–$18,066.40 | 73% |
| Northwest Health - Porter Valparaiso, IN · (219) 983-8300 CYSTO/URETERO W/LITHOTRIPSY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15,967.86 | $59,140.24 | $342.42–$49,677.80 | 73% |
| Franciscan Health Rensselaer Rensselaer, IN · (219) 866-5141 Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $17,179.91 | $47,988.58 | $8,683.74–$20,840.98 | 64% |
| Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sandwich, IL · (815) 786-8484 Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $17,713.31 | $25,304.73 | — | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL · (815) 344-5000 Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $26,204.96 | $37,435.66 | $6,162.00–$6,846.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL · (847) 234-5600 Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $27,109.85 | $38,728.36 | $6,162.00–$6,846.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL · (312) 926-2000 Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $28,741.29 | $41,058.99 | $6,935.00–$7,705.00 | 30% |
| Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL · (708) 923-4000 Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $28,741.29 | $41,058.99 | $6,162.00–$6,846.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL · (630) 208-3000 Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $29,129.81 | $41,614.01 | $2,109.00–$6,846.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL · (630) 682-1600 Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30,428.63 | $43,469.47 | — | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL · (815) 756-1521 Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $31,587.05 | $45,124.36 | — | 30% |
Outpatient: lowest $720.30, median $13,608.55, highest $31,587.05 — a 43.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $730.38. 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 10 of 15 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 ureteroscopy for kidney stone is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Ureteroscopy for kidney stone explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 52356 ($4,105.00). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Humboldt Park Health Chicago, ILCrushing of stone of ureter with insertion of stent using an endoscope | $393.96 | file |