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Closure Of Urethral Opening To The Skin (Male)

Delaware rates for HCPCS 53520

This surgery closes an abnormal opening between the urethra and the skin, or reverses a surgically created opening that had been made earlier, in a male patient. It restores normal urine flow through the urethra to the tip of the penis.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Closure Of Urethral Opening To The Skin (Male) cost?

$2,451

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,451 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$562 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,288 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,365Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $589

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Oklahoma 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

Delaware· 45th of 51

$2,451

$589 physician + $1,862 facility

OK $9,451MT $1,762

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.