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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Missouri 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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$178$158 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,259 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,248Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,698
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $178

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
$812.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 4th of 51

$1,072

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.