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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Colorado 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?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 7 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$182$155 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,311 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $9,333Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $155 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $182

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
$1,202.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$3,162

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.