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Procedure price report · Procedures on the urethra

Stretching of a narrowed urethra in a male under anesthesia

CPT 53605the billing code this page is about

Widening of a narrowed male urethra or bladder neck with a sound or dilator, done with general or regional anesthesia.

Hospitals typically charge $956 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 449 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,668. Most fall between $116 and $4,326 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
449
States
46
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – 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 449 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
$96$133$956$3,986$6,110

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 63× what the cheapest tenth charges ($96 vs $6,110).

How the prices are spread

$67 – $107: 50 hospitals$67$107 – $171: 85 hospitals$171 – $275: 27 hospitals$171$275 – $440: 23 hospitals$440 – $705: 13 hospitals$440$705 – $1,129: 7 hospitals$1,129 – $1,808: 15 hospitals$1,129$1,808 – $2,895: 29 hospitals$2,895 – $4,637: 103 hospitals$2,895$4,637 – $7,427: 53 hospitals$4,637median $956price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (405 of 449 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$67$10750
$107$17185
$171$27527
$275$44023
$440$70513
$705$1,1297
$1,129$1,80815
$1,808$2,89529
$2,895$4,637103
$4,637$7,42753

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,601
Median cash price$956
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.27×

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 $956.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $179 across 23 hospitalsIL$179Wisconsin: median $310 across 28 hospitalsWI$310Michigan: median $153 across 30 hospitalsMI$153New York: median $4,081 across 27 hospitalsNY$4,081Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $164 across 17 hospitalsIA$164Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $101 across 21 hospitalsPA$101New Jersey: median $4,062 across 26 hospitalsNJ$4,062Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,110 across 39 hospitalsCA$6,110Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $68 across 12 hospitalsWV$68Virginia: 5 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $106 across 13 hospitalsOK$106Louisiana: median $2,316 across 10 hospitalsLA$2,316Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,425 across 41 hospitalsTX$3,425Florida: median $2,775 across 10 hospitalsFL$2,775
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $956. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA39$6,110+539%$3,864 – $6,110
New York NY27$4,081+327%$181 – $4,184
New Jersey NJ26$4,062+325%$3,818 – $5,419
Texas TX41$3,425+258%$3,425 – $3,745
Florida FL10$2,775+190%$333 – $4,598
Louisiana LA10$2,316+142%$956 – $4,669
Wisconsin WI28$310−68%$310 – $2,357
Illinois IL23$179−81%$121 – $9,524
Iowa IA17$164−83%$164 – $192
Michigan MI30$153−84%$103 – $310
Oklahoma OK13$106−89%$106 – $7,032
Pennsylvania PA21$101−89%$41 – $5,356
West Virginia WV12$68−93%$65 – $2,532
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $956.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care353$2,410$124 – $4,598
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access87$163$100 – $566
Ownership
For-profit44$2,073$124 – $4,730
Government66$257$113 – $4,081
Non-profit338$956$116 – $4,378
System affiliation
Part of a system363$1,368$116 – $4,378
Independent86$212$114 – $3,858

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$477
Median cash price$956
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

272 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $310 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,438; most fall between $108 and $3,864.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 272 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
$81$117$310$3,745$6,110

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 76× what the cheapest tenth charges ($81 vs $6,110).

Of the 301 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 272 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

449 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 502 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted449
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here41
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code502

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 24, 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 Dilat Urethral Strix/Vesical Nck Dilat Male Anes.

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, “Stretching of a narrowed urethra in a male under anesthesia (CPT 53605) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-53605-stretching-of-a-narrowed-urethra-in-a-male-under-anesthesia