most helpful answer depending on the size of the stone stones in the kidney can move into the ureter (the tube between the kidney and the bladder). if it moves to the neck of the kidney it will be painful as well. most people who have had kidney stones myself included will agree that kidney stones hurts. a lot! when you are having a 9 on a 10 scale of pain how do we know you had just one kidney stone? the one causing the pain could have been the size of a grain of salt and still cause incredible pain on its journey to the bladder. i am guessing but i suspect that you passed a tiny one before the er even did your ct scan.
does kidney stone in the kidney cause pain? . i went to er because i was up all night with a 9 on the pain scale pain is mostly in my side base of ribs. the ct scan showed a small kidney stone in my kidney. p. a. says this would not be causing my pain because it is in the kidney. i am in some pain still but the pain last night was incredible.