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First Stretching Of Narrowed Urethra In Men

Alaska rates for HCPCS 53600

Widens a narrowed section of the urethra, the tube carrying urine out of the body, by gently passing smooth rods of increasing size through it. It relieves a weak stream, straining and incomplete emptying caused by scar tissue in the tube. This covers the first such treatment, with any later repeat stretching billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does First Stretching Of Narrowed Urethra In Men cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 6 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$251$102 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$97.72 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $74 to $2,512Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $66 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $155professional $251

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$218.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$602.56
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$446.68

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$240

OK $759WV $81.28

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.