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Stitch Repair Of A Urethral Injury In The Perineum

Tennessee 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 October 2026.

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

$3,422

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,422 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$676 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,585 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,026Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $589 to $5,888
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $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
$1,479.11
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
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
$524.81
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
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
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
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
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 4.4 times more in Alabama than in Montana. 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

Tennessee· 26th of 51

$3,422

$851 physician + $2,570 facility

AL $8,633MT $1,977

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.