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Surgical Opening Of The Urethra From Outside

Arizona rates for HCPCS 53010

An incision is made through the skin down onto the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body, to open it directly. It is done to relieve a blockage, drain infection, remove a stone, or create a temporary opening for urine to drain. The urethra is reached from the outside rather than with a scope passed along it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Opening Of The Urethra From Outside cost?

$3,020

Typical facility fee. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,905 to $4,677.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,623
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 46.8 times more in Indiana 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.

Arizona· 25th of 50

$3,020

IN $12,882WV $275

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.