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Removing a Urethral Pouch in a Male

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 53235

Removes an abnormal pouch that has formed off the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body, in a male patient. The pouch traps urine and causes infection, dribbling, or pain; it is cut away and the urethra is repaired around the opening.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing a Urethral Pouch in a Male cost?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$832$589 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,230 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,495Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,072
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $832

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
$851.14
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in California 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.

Arkansas· 35th of 51

$955

CA $5,623DE $676

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.