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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Massachusetts 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 8 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$100$64.57 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$67.61 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $62 to $3,631Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $55 to $234
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $100

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
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$275.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$11,481.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$239.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$229.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$11,481.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$239.88

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$105

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.