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Removal Of The Urethra In A Male Patient

Arizona 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 October 2026.

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

$3,504

Typical total for the visit. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,504 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$871 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,148 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,166Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,244
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $933

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,737.80
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Arizona· 37th of 51

$3,504

$933 physician + $2,570 facility

AK $9,881DE $2,434

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.