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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

New Jersey 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$83.18$57.54 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,311 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $148 to $10,471Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $50 to $200
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,248professional $83

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
$114.82
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$257.04
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$158.49

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 40th of 51

$91.20

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.