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Stitch Repair Of A Urethral Injury In The Perineum

Iowa rates for HCPCS 53510

A torn or cut urethra in the perineum, the area between the scrotum and the anus, is exposed through an incision and sewn back together so urine can pass normally again. A catheter is generally left in place to keep the repaired channel open while it heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stitch Repair Of A Urethral Injury In The Perineum cost?

$5,538

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,538 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$813 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,951 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $933 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,802
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $1,072

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
$933.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 11.5 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

Iowa· 16th of 50

$5,538

$1,072 physician + $4,467 facility

IN $14,528WV $1,265

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.