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Repeat Stretching of a Narrowed Urethra

Missouri rates for HCPCS 53621

Widens a narrowed section of the urinary channel by passing slim dilating instruments through it, at a follow-up session after an earlier stretching. The narrowing, called a stricture, weakens the urine stream and can make the bladder hard to empty. Numbing gel is used beforehand and the visit is short.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repeat Stretching of a Narrowed Urethra cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$138$83.18 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$851 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $200 to $5,248Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $72 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $138

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
$147.91
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in California than in Michigan. 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.

Missouri· 15th of 51

$186

CA $1,660MI $115

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.