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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Nevada 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$170$151 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,585 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $151 to $5,888Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $141 to $813
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $170

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
$151.36
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$467.74

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 43rd of 51

$195

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.