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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Iowa 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$251$186 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,239 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $331 to $7,244Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $141 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$380

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.