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Removing or Destroying a Urethral Cancer

Oregon 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?

$1,742

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,742 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$708 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$794 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $589 to $7,943Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,445
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $891professional $851

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
$1,148.15
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,258.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$13,803.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Oregon 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 feeOregon $1,742 · 47th 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.