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Removing a Urethral Pouch in a Male

Tennessee 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?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$851$676 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,660 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,026Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $589 to $5,623
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $851

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
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
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
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 7th of 51

$1,445

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.