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Penile Curvature Repair Or First-Stage Hypospadias

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 54304

Reconstructive surgery on the penis to straighten an abnormal bend, known as chordee. It may be the whole treatment when the curve is the only problem, or the opening stage of repairing a difference present from birth in which the urinary opening sits somewhere other than the tip. Foreskin or nearby skin flaps may be moved to resurface the penis or prepare tissue for a later stage.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Penile Curvature Repair Or First-Stage Hypospadias cost?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,023$851 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$2,089 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,023

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
$741.31
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,288.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
6 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$812.83

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Oklahoma than in Utah. 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$1,288

OK $4,169UT $525

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.