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I get kidney stones

Lithotripsy — the shockwave procedure that breaks up a kidney stone.

Typical US price before insurance

$9,130
$6,074typical range$13,511

This is an allowed amount — the price actually negotiated with insurers, not the inflated list price. Source: Health Care Cost Institute — HealthPrices.org (2021–2022 vintage (HCCI does not publish the exact data year)).

What Medicare pays for the same care $3,771
Private insurers pay 2.4× what Medicare pays for this.

All-in: $3,250 to the hospital plus $521 to the doctor (OPPS/APC, 2024). Divide the two figures above and you get our ratio — check our arithmetic. Source: CMS.

What you'd actually pay

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Where you live

$9,130

The national average price.

State prices from RAND's hospital price study — how much your state's hospitals charge private insurers relative to Medicare. This is a statewide price level, not a per-procedure state price. Maryland isn't shown: it sets hospital rates for all payers, so the comparison doesn't apply there.

kidney stone treatment cost by state

Prices swing more than 2× across the country for identical care. Pick your state:

Alabama $7,584 Alaska $10,532 Arizona $10,029 Arkansas $5,823 California $11,215 Colorado $10,460 Connecticut $9,238 Delaware $11,143 District of Columbia $8,663 Florida $12,437 Georgia $11,395 Hawaii $8,842 Idaho $10,388 Illinois $9,058 Indiana $10,783 Iowa $8,159 Kansas $9,022 Kentucky $8,267 Louisiana $8,339 Maine $9,130 Massachusetts $6,937 Michigan $6,794 Minnesota $8,555 Mississippi $6,650 Missouri $8,878 Montana $9,094 Nebraska $10,244 Nevada $9,633 New Hampshire $7,764 New Jersey $9,597 New Mexico $8,806 New York $11,143 North Carolina $10,065 North Dakota $8,159 Ohio $9,957 Oklahoma $8,088 Oregon $9,166 Pennsylvania $8,052 Rhode Island $7,081 South Carolina $11,682 South Dakota $8,986 Tennessee $8,411 Texas $9,022 Utah $7,800 Vermont $10,172 Virginia $9,418 Washington $8,986 West Virginia $12,042 Wisconsin $11,538 Wyoming $9,705
This is an estimate, not a bill. It applies published average deductibles and a 20% coinsurance (KFF's measured average for a hospital admission) to a national average price. Your actual plan, hospital and diagnosis will move this number. Not medical or financial advice.