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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Iowa 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 7 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$126$77.62 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$219 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $126 to $6,761Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $62 to $316
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $126

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
$125.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$218.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$208.93

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$126

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.