Kidney treatments

Understand your treatment options.

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

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Diagnostic & Interventional
from $300 - $900

Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)

Intravenous pyelogram (IVP) is an X-ray exam of your kidneys, ureters and bladder, using a contrast dye injected into a vein to…

Duration: 30–60 minutesRecovery: Little to noneNone
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Stone & Obstruction
from $2 500 - $15 000

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) uses focused shock waves from outside your body to break a kidney or ureter stone into smaller…

Duration: 2 hoursRecovery: 1-4 weeksSedation
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Surgical
from $8 000 - $20 000

Endopyelotomy

Endopyelotomy is a minimally invasive endoscopic procedure that relieves a blockage at the ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) — the point where the kidney’s…

Duration: 1–2 hoursRecovery: 1 weekGeneral
7 clinics · 0 specialistsView treatment
Diagnostic & Interventional
from $250 - $700

Duplex Doppler renal ultrasound

A duplex Doppler renal ultrasound is a painless, radiation-free scan that checks the size and structure of your kidneys while measuring how…

Duration: 30–45 minutesRecovery: NoneNone
6 clinics · 0 specialistsView treatment
Diagnostic & Interventional
from $575 - $1 105

Cystoscopy and retrograde pyelogram

A cystoscopy with retrograde pyelogram is a same-day urology procedure that lets a doctor look inside the bladder and take detailed X-ray…

Duration: 15–90 minutesRecovery: 1–2 daysGeneral
6 clinics · 2 specialistsView treatment
Stone & Obstruction
from $2 000 - $11 000

Cystolitholapaxy

Cystolitholapaxy is a short, minimally invasive procedure that breaks up and removes bladder stones using a thin scope passed through the urethra.…

Duration: 30–60 minutes,Recovery: 1 weekGeneral
4 clinics · 0 specialistsView treatment
Diagnostic & Interventional
from $800 - $3 000

CT urogram

A CT urogram is a specialised CT scan — usually with an injected contrast dye — that gives doctors a detailed picture…

Duration: 1-2 hoursRecovery: NoneNone
6 clinics · 0 specialistsView treatment
Diagnostic & Interventional
from $8 000 - $15 000

Cryoablation (renal cryotherapy)

Cryoablation is a minimally invasive, image-guided procedure that freezes and destroys a small kidney tumor without removing the kidney, letting many people…

Duration: 1-2 hoursRecovery: 1 weekGeneral
6 clinics · 0 specialistsView treatment
Surgical
from $50 000 - $150 000

Autotransplantation of the kidney

Kidney autotransplantation removes your kidney, repairs it outside your body if needed, and reimplants it in a new site — usually the…

Duration: 4–8 hoursRecovery: 3–7 daysGeneral
7 clinics · 3 specialistsView treatment
Diagnostic & Interventional
from $300 - $3 000

Antegrade pyelography

Antegrade pyelography is an X‑ray imaging test that checks for a blockage in your kidney’s drainage system by injecting contrast dye through…

Duration: 1–2 hoursRecovery: 1 weekLocal
6 clinics · 0 specialistsView treatment
Surgical
from $8 000 - $30 000

Adrenalectomy

Adrenalectomy is surgery to remove one or both adrenal glands — the small hormone-producing glands that sit on top of each kidney…

Duration: 3–4 hoursRecovery: 2–3 weeksGeneral
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