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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Arizona 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 5 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$170$148 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,778 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,623Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $141 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $170

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 33rd of 51

$245

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.