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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Florida 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 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 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$155$135 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$1,698 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $708 to $11,220Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $123 to $324
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,786professional $155

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
$645.65
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$645.65
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$181.97
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 37th of 51

$214

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.