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Removing a Urethral Pouch in a Male

Nevada 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 October 2026.

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

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$708$617 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,318 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,754Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,072
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $708

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
$794.33
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
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
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
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
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Nevada· 39th of 51

$794

AK $2,570UT $479

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.