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Removal Of The Urethra In A Male Patient

Montana 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?

$2,858

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,858 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$1,413$955 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,413 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,162Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,622
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $1,413

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 51

$2,858

$1,413 physician + $1,445 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.