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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Louisiana 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 October 2026.

How much does Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session cost?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $219 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$89.13$74.13 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$138 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,202Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $60 to $138
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $219professional $89

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.18

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Wisconsin than in New York. 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$115

WI $257NY $72.44

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.