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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Indiana 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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$61.66 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$2,818 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $112 to $8,318Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $52 to $148
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $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
$58.88
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 32nd of 51

$95.50

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.