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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Alaska rates for HCPCS 53601

This procedure gently stretches a narrowed section of the male urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body, using a smooth instrument passed through it. It is a follow-up session in an ongoing series of treatments for a urethral stricture, rather than the first time the stretching is performed. Repeated sessions are often needed to keep a narrowed urethra open over time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session cost?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$234$117 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$87.10 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $63 to $2,512Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $63 to $447
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $129professional $234

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
$177.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$562.34
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$371.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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

$229

CA $741HI $79.43

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.