Surgery and procedures CPT 52356 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ureteroscopy for kidney stone cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for ureteroscopy with laser stone breaking and stent placement as an inpatient: from $2,544.36 to $4,809.42, with a median of $3,676.89. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner — $1,132.53 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $4,020.70 at 22 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 52356, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$2,544.36Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner

Median$3,676.89half of hospitals charge less

Highest$4,809.42in this market

Difference1.9×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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA.

median

Lowest $2,544.36Highest $4,809.42

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner lowest Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC CYSTO/URETERO W/LITHO INCL INSERT STENT source file	$2,544.36	$9,087.00	—	72%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC CYSTO/URETERO W/LITHO INCL INSERT STENT source file	$4,809.42	$21,861.00	—	78%

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.

Inpatient: lowest $2,544.36, median $3,676.89, highest $4,809.42 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $2,632.64 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.