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Stitching a Urethral Injury in the Penis

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 53505

Stitches closed a tear or wound in the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body, along the length of the penis. Repairing it restores normal urine flow and prevents urine leaking into the surrounding tissue.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stitching a Urethral Injury in the Penis cost?

$4,315

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,315 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$447 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,950 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,318Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $427 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $513

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
$954.99
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,630.27
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,951.21
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 14.0 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Pennsylvania· 29th of 50

$4,315

$513 physician + $3,802 facility

IN $13,432WV $958

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.