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Removing or Destroying a Urethral Cancer

Missouri rates for HCPCS 53220

Removes or destroys a cancerous growth in the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body. The growth may be cut away or burned off with an electric current, depending on its size and position.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing or Destroying a Urethral Cancer cost?

$4,240

Typical total for the visit. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,240 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$525$468 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,512 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $7,762Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,188
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,715professional $525

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMissouri $4,240 · 27th of 50
IN $9,845WV $916

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.