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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Minnesota 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$155$105 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$219 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $83 to $759Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $78 to $309
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $302professional $155

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
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$158

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.