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Repair of a Urethral Injury

Iowa rates for HCPCS 53502

This procedure surgically repairs a tear or wound in the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body, by suturing the injured tissue back together. It is typically needed after trauma, such as a pelvic injury or a medical procedure that damaged the urethra, and aims to restore a normal, leak-free channel for urine. A temporary catheter is usually left in place afterward to allow the repair to heal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair of a Urethral Injury cost?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 7 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$813$631 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$2,951 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,318Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $813

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
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,513.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in California than in Maryland. 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$1,202

CA $4,467MD $525

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.