Ureteroscopy for kidney stone cost in Indianapolis, IN
In Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for ureteroscopy with laser stone breaking and stent placement: from $754.40 to $39,452.65, with a median of $20,103.53. The lowest listed price is at Johnson Memorial Hospital — $19,349.13 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $2,363.88 at 16 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 52356, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between May 5, 2026 and May 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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Memorial Hospital lowest Franklin, IN · (317) 736-3300 Crushing of stone of ureter with insertion of stent using an endoscope | $754.40 | $943.00 | $342.42–$744.97 | 20% | May 5, 2026 source file |
| Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN · (317) 880-4818 Cysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt | $39,452.65 | $43,836.28 | $5,672.00–$43,836.28 | 10% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $754.40, median $20,103.53, highest $39,452.65 — a 52.3× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 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
In this procedure a thin scope is passed through the bladder into the ureter or kidney, and the stone is broken up with a laser; a temporary stent is placed to keep urine draining. It is done under anesthesia, usually as an outpatient.
What the price covers
The facility price covers the operating room and recovery; the stent is part of the code, though it may be listed as a supply. The urologist, anesthesia, stone analysis and later stent removal are usually billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 52356 ($4,748.22). 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.
| Witham Memorial Hospital Lebanon, INCrushing of stone of ureter with insertion of stent using an endoscope | $463.05 | file |