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Removal Of The Urethra In A Male Patient

Nevada 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?

$4,186

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,186 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$912 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,349 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,585
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $3,162professional $1,023

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 24th of 51

$4,186

$1,023 physician + $3,162 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.