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Removal Of The Urethra In A Male Patient

Tennessee 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?

$4,181

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,181 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$1,230$1,000 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,698 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,413
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $1,230

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
$2,454.71
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$4,181

$1,230 physician + $2,951 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.