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Procedure price report · Procedures on the urethra

Removal of a urethral pouch in a woman

CPT 53230the billing code this page is about

Surgery to cut out a diverticulum, an abnormal pouch or outpouching in the wall of the urethra, in a female patient.

Hospitals typically charge $2,854 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 426 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,466. Most fall between $1,155 and $6,949 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
426
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 426 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$746$1,270$2,854$6,693$11,508

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($746 vs $11,508).

How the prices are spread

$632 – $856: 24 hospitals$632$856 – $1,159: 51 hospitals$1,159 – $1,570: 67 hospitals$1,159$1,570 – $2,127: 24 hospitals$2,127 – $2,880: 40 hospitals$2,127$2,880 – $3,901: 17 hospitals$3,901 – $5,285: 27 hospitals$3,901$5,285 – $7,158: 74 hospitals$7,158 – $9,695: 23 hospitals$7,158$9,695 – $13,132: 37 hospitals$9,695median $2,854price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (384 of 426 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$632$85624
$856$1,15951
$1,159$1,57067
$1,570$2,12724
$2,127$2,88040
$2,880$3,90117
$3,901$5,28527
$5,285$7,15874
$7,158$9,69523
$9,695$13,13237

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,478
Median cash price$2,854
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.52×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,854.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,155 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,155Wisconsin: median $2,854 across 20 hospitalsWI$2,854Michigan: median $1,542 across 30 hospitalsMI$1,542New York: median $6,016 across 27 hospitalsNY$6,016Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,118 across 12 hospitalsOR$1,118Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,532 across 21 hospitalsIA$1,532Indiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,714 across 12 hospitalsOH$2,714Pennsylvania: median $976 across 19 hospitalsPA$976New Jersey: median $5,632 across 31 hospitalsNJ$5,632Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $11,508 across 35 hospitalsCA$11,508Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $691 across 10 hospitalsWV$691Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,280 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,280Louisiana: median $2,284 across 12 hospitalsLA$2,284Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,949 across 21 hospitalsTX$6,949Florida: median $5,103 across 12 hospitalsFL$5,103
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,854. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA35$11,508+303%$1,725 – $11,508
Texas TX21$6,949+144%$6,922 – $6,949
New York NY27$6,016+111%$1,411 – $6,016
New Jersey NJ31$5,632+97%$5,110 – $6,784
Florida FL12$5,103+79%$2,714 – $7,223
Wisconsin WI20$2,8540%$2,854 – $4,822
Ohio OH12$2,714−5%$1,492 – $5,537
Louisiana LA12$2,284−20%$1,439 – $5,217
Michigan MI30$1,542−46%$946 – $2,854
Iowa IA21$1,532−46%$1,403 – $1,532
Oklahoma OK14$1,280−55%$1,280 – $10,491
Illinois IL12$1,155−60%$1,083 – $1,532
Oregon OR12$1,118−61%$1,118 – $2,057
Pennsylvania PA19$976−66%$378 – $8,595
West Virginia WV10$691−76%$635 – $1,657
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,854.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care344$3,338$1,155 – $7,373
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access75$1,475$1,055 – $3,515
Ownership
For-profit41$3,990$1,155 – $10,925
Government66$1,730$1,083 – $6,016
Non-profit317$2,854$1,155 – $6,949
System affiliation
Part of a system348$2,854$1,155 – $6,949
Independent78$1,790$1,083 – $6,580

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,083
Median cash price$2,854
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

228 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,109 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,841; most fall between $1,118 and $6,949.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 228 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$743$1,155$2,109$5,627$11,508

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($743 vs $11,508).

Of the 248 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 228 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

426 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 469 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted426
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here36
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code469

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Procedures on the urethra family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Urethral Diverticulum Spx Female.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of a urethral pouch in a woman (CPT 53230) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-53230-removal-of-a-urethral-pouch-in-a-woman