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Unlisted Procedure On The Urinary System

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 53899

Covers a procedure on the urinary system — the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra — that has no standard named entry of its own. It is used when what was performed does not match any established named urinary procedure, and the doctor supplies a written description of what was done.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Procedure On The Urinary System cost?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56,234 from a physician practice, and about $575 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$56,234$1,072 to $58,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$120 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $62 to $4,266Professionalmedian $56,234 · 10th to 90th $661 to $58,884
$100$1K$10Kfacility $575professional $56,234

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$6,165.95
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58,884.37
Median
$58,884.37
Typical High
$58,884.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,290.87
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$7,762.47
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,230.27
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$41,686.94
Median
$43,651.58
Typical High
$43,651.58

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 158.5 times more in Alaska 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.

Pennsylvania· 24th of 51

$661

AK $4,677HI $29.51

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.