Kidney treatments

Understand your treatment options.

Explore procedures, expected recovery, indicative costs and the clinics that provide each treatment.

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Dialysis & Supportive
from $860 - $4 050

Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)

Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is a slow, round-the-clock form of dialysis given in intensive care to gently clean the blood and…

Duration: Continuous, several daysRecovery: 2–4 weeksLocal
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Dialysis & Supportive
from $2 000 - $92 000

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is a manual, home-based dialysis that uses the lining of your abdomen as a natural filter. You…

Duration: 30–40 minutes, 3–5 times a dayRecovery: 1–2 daysLocal
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Dialysis & Supportive
from $240 - $650

Buttonhole cannulation procedure

Buttonhole cannulation is a way of placing dialysis needles into an arteriovenous (AV) fistula at the exact same two spots every session,…

Duration: 3–5 hoursRecovery: 4–6 weeksNone
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Stone & Obstruction
from $1 000 - $10 000

Balloon dilation of ureteral stricture

Balloon dilation of a ureteral stricture is a minimally invasive procedure that uses an inflatable balloon catheter to widen a narrowed section…

Duration: 30–60 minutesRecovery: 2–4 weeksGeneral
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Dialysis & Supportive
from $20 000 - $29 000

Automated peritoneal dialysis (APD)

Automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) is a home dialysis treatment in which a machine, called a cycler, uses the lining of your abdomen…

Duration: 8–10 hours per nightRecovery: 1 weekNone
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Dialysis & Supportive
from $800 - $5 000

Arteriovenous fistula or graft creation

Arteriovenous (AV) fistula or graft creation is a small operation that connects an artery to a vein in your arm so you…

Duration: 1–2 hoursRecovery: 4–6 weeksLocal
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Surgical
from $5 000 - $10 000

Ureterostomy

Ureterostomy is surgery that redirects urine from one or both ureters to an opening in the skin (a stoma), so it drains…

Duration: 1–3 hoursRecovery: 4–6 weeksGeneral
7 clinics · 0 specialistsView treatment
Stone & Obstruction
from $1 400 - $7 000

Ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy

Ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy is a minimally invasive procedure that uses a thin scope and a laser to break up kidney and…

Duration: 1–2 hoursRecovery: 1 weekGeneral
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Surgical
from $1 100 - $14 800

Ureterocalicostomy

Ureterocalicostomy is a reconstructive kidney surgery that connects the ureter directly to a lower part of the kidney, bypassing a scarred or…

Duration: 2.5–5 hoursRecovery: 4–6 weeksGeneral
7 clinics · 0 specialistsView treatment
Diagnostic & Interventional
from $1 900 - $3 700

Ureteral stent placement

A ureteral stent is a thin, flexible tube placed inside the ureter to hold it open, so urine can drain from the…

Duration: about 30 minutesRecovery: 1 weekGeneral
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Surgical
from $8 500 - $28 000

Ureteral reimplantation

Ureteral reimplantation is a surgery that reattaches a ureter to a new spot on the bladder wall, so urine drains properly and…

Duration: 2–3 hoursRecovery: 2–4 weeksGeneral
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Diagnostic & Interventional
from $7 000 - $12 500

Selective renal artery embolization

Selective renal artery embolization (SRAE) is a minimally invasive procedure that blocks blood flow to one targeted part of the kidney to…

Duration: 1–2 hoursRecovery: 1–2 daysLocal
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