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Removal Of The Urethra In A Male Patient

Colorado 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?

$8,299

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,122 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$2,754 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $1,380

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,570.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 4th of 51

$8,299

$1,380 physician + $6,918 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.