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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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$93.33$64.57 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$170 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $85 to $5,129Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $54 to $191
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $93

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
$85.11
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$316.23
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 29th 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.