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Removal Of The Urethra In A Male Patient

Florida 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?

$3,020

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$832$646 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,096 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $794 to $11,749Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,585
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $832

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
$812.83
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
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
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58

Where Florida 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

Florida· 46th of 51

$3,020

$832 physician + $2,188 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.