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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Tennessee 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$87.10$66.07 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$676 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $282 to $4,074Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $54 to $166
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $87

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
$190.55
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$11,481.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$165.96

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$102

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.