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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Connecticut 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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$263$182 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$3,890 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $9,120Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $141 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $263

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
$3,388.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$457.09

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 18th of 51

$331

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.