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Urethral Stretching Procedure, Follow-Up Session

West Virginia 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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 4 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$85.11$56.23 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$50.12 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $50 to $1,230Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $10 to $178
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $78professional $85

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
$77.62
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$177.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$141.25

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 49th of 51

$83.18

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.