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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Utah 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 7 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$209$182 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,951 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $209 to $5,012Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $138 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $209

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
$208.93
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$288.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,165.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 34th of 51

$240

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.