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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Louisiana 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?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$229$174 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,000 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,365Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $135 to $269
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $229

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
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 6th of 51

$912

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.