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Removal Of The Urethra In A Male Patient

Alabama rates for HCPCS 53215

Removes the entire urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body, in a male patient. The surgeon also creates an opening from the bladder through the lower abdomen so urine has a route out. It is done for cancer or severe destruction of the urethra.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of The Urethra In A Male Patient cost?

$3,090

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,349 to $8,128.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $9,772
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090

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
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 17.4 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.

Alabama· 36th of 50

$3,090

IN $15,136WV $871

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.