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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Kansas 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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$195$170 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,585 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $257 to $8,128Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $141 to $288
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $195

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
$1,348.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 24th of 51

$282

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.