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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Alabama 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 4 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$102$66.07 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$126 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $107 to $1,585Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $54 to $166
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $102

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$125.89

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$105

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.