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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Indiana 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $6,310 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$178$148 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,310$3,715 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $759 to $10,471Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $138 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $178

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
$165.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 10th of 51

$417

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.