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Incision Into the Urine Channel

North Dakota 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $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 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$295$178 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$148 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $141 to $8,511Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $148 to $380
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $148professional $295

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
$147.91
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 21st of 51

$288

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.