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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Kentucky 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$81.28$57.54 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$102 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $65 to $10,715Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $52 to $170
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $81

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
$64.57
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$131.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$144.54

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$83.18

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.