How much does extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy cost?

The price of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is generally around 1000 yuan. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy generates shock waves through an extracorporeal lithotripter, which are focused by the machine onto the stone. After releasing energy multiple times, the stones inside the body are crushed and expelled through urine. Before surgery, a comprehensive physical examination should be conducted on the patient, including blood and urine routine tests, coagulation time, liver and kidney function, electrocardiogram, etc., to exclude organic lesions before performing extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Fees vary from place to place and hospital to hospital, but generally, the cost of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is relatively inexpensive, around 1000 yuan. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is the use of shock waves to crush stones inside the human body into small fragments, facilitating their expulsion from the body. It is known as one of the three major medical technologies of the 20th century, along with CT and MRI. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy originally adopted a water tank-type structure with X-ray positioning, which caused significant pain and damage to patients during treatment and required anesthesia before surgery. Later, improvements led to the emergence of a water-bag structure, which quickly became the mainstream of lithotripter models. Shock wave sources can be roughly divided into three types: liquid-electricity, electromagnetism, and piezoelectricity. Positioning systems include X-ray positioning, B-ultrasound positioning, and dual positioning systems with both X-ray and B-ultrasound. Focusing systems are divided into two categories: emitting cup focusing and lens focusing. The emergence of water-bag lithotripters has greatly reduced the pain and damage to patients.