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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

North Dakota 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 North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$110$81.28 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$53.70 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $50 to $2,042Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $58 to $200
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $81professional $110

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
$81.28
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$190.55

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 22nd 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.