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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Maryland 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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 6 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$162$151 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$1,023 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $4,266Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $145 to $457
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,622professional $162

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$812.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$162

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.