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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Minnesota 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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$355$257 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$447 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $302 to $7,762Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $191 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $355

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 15th of 51

$372

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.