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Freeing a Scarred Urethra Through the Vagina

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 53500

Releases the urethra, the tube urine passes through, from scar tissue that has trapped it after previous surgery, working through an incision in the wall of the vagina. A scope is passed to inspect the urethra and bladder during the same operation. It is done when the scarring is obstructing urine flow or making the bladder hard to empty.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Freeing a Scarred Urethra Through the Vagina cost?

$5,925

Typical total for the visit. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,925 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,660$1,349 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,905 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $1,660

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
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$9,332.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Kentucky. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$5,925

$1,660 physician + $4,266 facility

OK $9,106KY $2,015

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.