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Procedure price report · Procedures on the urethra

Removal or burning off of Skene glands

CPT 53270the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal or electrical destruction of the Skene glands, small glands lying alongside the female urethra.

Hospitals typically charge $1,282 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 384 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,180. Most fall between $360 and $5,356 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
384
States
46
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 384 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
$304$403$1,282$4,407$8,215

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 27× what the cheapest tenth charges ($304 vs $8,215).

How the prices are spread

$198 – $291: 15 hospitals$198$291 – $427: 71 hospitals$427 – $627: 47 hospitals$427$627 – $920: 26 hospitals$920 – $1,351: 19 hospitals$920$1,351 – $1,983: 7 hospitals$1,983 – $2,910: 10 hospitals$1,983$2,910 – $4,272: 66 hospitals$4,272 – $6,270: 47 hospitals$4,272$6,270 – $9,203: 39 hospitals$6,270median $1,282price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (347 of 384 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$198$29115
$291$42771
$427$62747
$627$92026
$920$1,35119
$1,351$1,9837
$1,983$2,91010
$2,910$4,27266
$4,272$6,27047
$6,270$9,20339

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,601
Median cash price$1,282
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.36×

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 $1,282.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,282 across 19 hospitalsMN$1,282Illinois: median $445 across 16 hospitalsIL$445Wisconsin: median $4,009 across 11 hospitalsWI$4,009Michigan: median $331 across 15 hospitalsMI$331New York: median $4,081 across 27 hospitalsNY$4,081Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $719 across 14 hospitalsOR$719Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 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 $522 across 18 hospitalsIA$522Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $816 across 12 hospitalsOH$816Pennsylvania: median $295 across 20 hospitalsPA$295New Jersey: median $4,561 across 29 hospitalsNJ$4,561Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,215 across 28 hospitalsCA$8,215Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 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 $350 across 12 hospitalsOK$350Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,868 across 21 hospitalsTX$3,868Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,282. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA28$8,215+541%$3,550 – $8,215
New Jersey NJ29$4,561+256%$3,818 – $5,339
New York NY27$4,081+218%$522 – $4,081
Wisconsin WI11$4,009+213%$910 – $4,009
Texas TX21$3,868+202%$3,441 – $3,868
Minnesota MN19$1,2820%$424 – $1,282
Ohio OH12$816−36%$486 – $3,858
Oregon OR14$719−44%$391 – $6,987
Iowa IA18$522−59%$441 – $522
Illinois IL16$445−65%$337 – $4,899
Oklahoma OK12$350−73%$350 – $350
Michigan MI15$331−74%$294 – $4,847
Pennsylvania PA20$295−77%$115 – $5,356
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $1,282.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care312$2,565$350 – $5,719
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access64$541$360 – $4,009
Ownership
For-profit36$3,441$337 – $8,103
Government59$652$331 – $5,132
Non-profit289$1,282$367 – $5,110
System affiliation
Part of a system312$2,322$379 – $5,480
Independent72$551$328 – $4,561

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$962
Median cash price$1,282
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

200 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $652 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,558; most fall between $337 and $5,427.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 200 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
$302$350$652$3,868$8,215

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 27× what the cheapest tenth charges ($302 vs $8,215).

Of the 218 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 200 gave a usable cash price; 14 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

384 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 416 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted384
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here24
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code416

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 24, 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 PR Excis Skene's Glands.

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 or burning off of Skene glands (CPT 53270) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-53270-removal-or-burning-off-of-skene-glands