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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Nebraska 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$117$79.43 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,230 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $151 to $13,490Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $49 to $389
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $117

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$162

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.