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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Maine 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?

$204

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $174 to $234.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $4,266Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $155 to $302
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $4,266professional $204

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 38th of 51

$204

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.