Surgery and procedures CPT 52356 Outpatient

Ureteroscopy for kidney stone cost in Macon, GA

In Macon-Bibb County, GA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for ureteroscopy with laser stone breaking and stent placement: from $4,793.31 to $4,793.31, with a median of $4,793.31. The lowest listed price is at Piedmont Macon North and 1 other hospital. Across Georgia, the median is $4,793.31 at 33 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 52356, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 1, 2026 and Jul 1, 2026.

Lowest$4,793.31Piedmont Macon North + 1 more

Median$4,793.31half of hospitals charge less

Highest$4,793.31in 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 Macon-Bibb County, GA.

median

Lowest $4,793.31Highest $4,793.31

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Piedmont Macon North lowest Macon, GA · (478) 757-5990 HC Cysto/Pyelosc Insert Stnt File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$4,793.31	$15,977.70	$1,469.95–$15,367.00	70%
Piedmont Macon lowest Macon, GA · (478) 765-7000 HC Cysto/Pyelosc Insert Stnt File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$4,793.31	$15,977.70	$1,092.87–$15,367.00	70%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.

Outpatient: lowest $4,793.31, median $4,793.31, highest $4,793.31.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $4,793.31. 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

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.