FLUTD surgery, how much does it cost, how much did you pay?

Hello, my persian cat who is 4 years old was diagnosed with bladder stones. He has no crystals, no infection, the stones are multiple and small according to ultrasound. His Ph is 6.5.
My vet suggested lithotropsy when turned out it is not available for cats in my area, meaning now there is only one option left is to surgecly remove them, which supposedly is $2000. Did your cat have this problem? How was it resolved and what your vet bill was like? I am going to treat my pet regardless the price, however I would like to make sure that I am not getting riped off.
Thank you all

Prices can truly vary by region, when Tyler had his surgery, for removal of 2 stones, it was $726.45 (I found my receipt): this was for his pain med post op, his antibiotic post op, his pre-anesthetic blood work, the stone analysis, his gas anesthesia, the cystotomy, his iv and the fluids, dr's exam, inpatient meds, nursing care, ward occupancy fee.

Unfortunately, these were not the only expenses as by the day of his 2 week post-op check, he was completely blocked due to a very unusual, not to be expected circumstance - he had formed a free floating hematoma which then settled over the exit from the bladder...that required hospitalization and cost more than the above

It has been a year, he's been treated since with a change to an all canned food diet (he has other health issues that are more at the forefront now then this one incident of calcium oxalate stones).

best wishes to your kitty, I would do the surgery again, the hematoma was just part of the "if they have never seen it, it will happen to one of my cats" syndrome

Miko's vet bill was $1459.63. The price was for 2 weeks of hospitilization, surgery, antibiotics, ultrasounds and x-rays. Fortunately, his vets did not charge us for emergency vet hours, 3 out of the 4 surgeries he had, weekly check-ups and prescription food.