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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Alabama 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 4 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$251$151 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,148 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $692 to $5,623Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $141 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $251

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$288

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.