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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Alaska rates for HCPCS 53000

A cut made from the outside into the urethra, the channel carrying urine out of the body, performed as a procedure in its own right rather than as part of a larger operation. It is used to relieve a blockage, to let infected material drain, or to create an opening through which urine can pass.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Incision Into the Urine Channel cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $363 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$240 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$182 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $148 to $6,607Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $148 to $977
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $363professional $525

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$933.25

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 8th of 51

$501

CA $3,236WV $158

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.