Surgery and procedures CPT 52356 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ureteroscopy for kidney stone cost in Utica, NY — inpatient

In Utica-Rome, NY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for ureteroscopy with laser stone breaking and stent placement as an inpatient: from $14,358.62 to $14,358.62, with a median of $14,358.62. Across New York, the median is $6,015.75 at 23 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 52356, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 11, 2026 and Aug 11, 2026.

Lowest$14,358.62Rome Memorial Hospital
Median$14,358.62half pay less
Highest$14,358.62in 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 Utica-Rome, NY.

median
Lowest $14,358.62Highest $14,358.62

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Rome Memorial Hospital lowest Rome, NY · (315) 338-7000 Cysto/uretero w/lithotripsy $14,358.62 $35,567.55 $408.38–$6,604.30 60% Aug 11, 2026
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Rome Memorial Hospital lowest Rome, NY · (315) 338-7000 Cysto/uretero w/lithotripsy $14,358.62 $35,567.55 $408.38–$6,604.30 60% Aug 11, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $14,358.62, median $14,358.62, highest $14,358.62.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $12,653.06 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 52356 ($4,535.40). 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.

Mvhs Utica, NYCysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt $392.40 file
Mvhs Utica, NYCysto/Uretero W/Lithotripsy &Indwell Stent Insrt $392.40 file