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Removal Of The Urethra In A Male Patient

Hawaii 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?

$3,190

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,190 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$1,148$813 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,738 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $30 to $2,630
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $1,148

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 44th of 51

$3,190

$1,148 physician + $2,042 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.