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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Arkansas 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $347 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$75.86$70.79 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$117 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,820Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $50 to $126
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $347professional $76

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
$72.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 28th of 51

$102

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.