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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Arizona 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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 5 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$83.18$60.26 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$347 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $91 to $5,623Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $51 to $282
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $83

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 37th of 51

$93.33

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.