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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

Utah 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 7 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$115$75.86 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$186 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $76 to $4,571Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $54 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $115

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
$75.86
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$131.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$144.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$144.54

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 16th of 51

$115

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.