Wisconsin Subscriber
Answer: You must call attention to where you perform the procedure. If its in your office, the insurance company will pay you more for placing the stent, because it will pay you for the stent as well. For example, if you did this for Medicare in New York and placed the stent in your office, you would be paid $1,172, and $393 for the ureteroscopy. But if you did the procedures in the hospital, you would be paid $202 for the stent placement and $393 for the ureteroscopy. Thats a big difference. In all likelihood, your carrier is not looking at where the procedure was done.