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Procedure price report · Procedures on the urethra

Stretching a narrowed urethra, first session

CPT 53620the billing code this page is about

Widening a scarred, narrowed male urethra by passing a thin guide wire and progressively larger dilators; this code covers the initial dilation session.

Hospitals typically charge $870 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 991 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,088. Most fall between $277 and $2,507 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
991
States
47
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 991 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
$169$392$870$2,007$3,345

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($169 vs $3,345).

How the prices are spread

$118 – $169: 49 hospitals$118$169 – $242: 75 hospitals$242 – $346: 55 hospitals$242$346 – $496: 80 hospitals$496 – $709: 105 hospitals$496$709 – $1,015: 118 hospitals$1,015 – $1,453: 99 hospitals$1,015$1,453 – $2,079: 125 hospitals$2,079 – $2,975: 114 hospitals$2,079$2,975 – $4,258: 74 hospitals$2,975median $870price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (894 of 991 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$118$16949
$169$24275
$242$34655
$346$49680
$496$709105
$709$1,015118
$1,015$1,45399
$1,453$2,079125
$2,079$2,975114
$2,975$4,25874

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$712
Median cash price$870
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

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 $870.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $202 across 10 hospitalsME$202Vermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,445 across 29 hospitalsWA$1,445Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $281 across 13 hospitalsMN$281Illinois: median $740 across 31 hospitalsIL$740Wisconsin: median $669 across 28 hospitalsWI$669Michigan: median $295 across 32 hospitalsMI$295New York: median $790 across 38 hospitalsNY$790Massachusetts: median $2,283 across 22 hospitalsMA$2,283Oregon: median $545 across 26 hospitalsOR$545Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $1,968 across 11 hospitalsSD$1,968Iowa: median $366 across 33 hospitalsIA$366Indiana: median $268 across 20 hospitalsIN$268Ohio: median $1,776 across 35 hospitalsOH$1,776Pennsylvania: median $1,006 across 37 hospitalsPA$1,006New Jersey: median $3,986 across 27 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,373 across 79 hospitalsCA$1,373Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $969 across 12 hospitalsCO$969Nebraska: median $420 across 20 hospitalsNE$420Missouri: median $917 across 21 hospitalsMO$917Kentucky: median $917 across 16 hospitalsKY$917West Virginia: median $673 across 23 hospitalsWV$673Virginia: median $1,214 across 37 hospitalsVA$1,214Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $2,797 across 12 hospitalsAZ$2,797New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $552 across 13 hospitalsTN$552North Carolina: median $1,534 across 29 hospitalsNC$1,534South Carolina: median $2,359 across 21 hospitalsSC$2,359Oklahoma: median $144 across 20 hospitalsOK$144Louisiana: median $1,266 across 20 hospitalsLA$1,266Mississippi: median $575 across 23 hospitalsMS$575Alabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $603 across 40 hospitalsGA$603Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,387 across 85 hospitalsTX$1,387Florida: median $2,791 across 37 hospitalsFL$2,791
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $870. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ27$3,986+358%$739 – $5,339
Arizona AZ12$2,797+221%$856 – $2,797
Florida FL37$2,791+221%$1,472 – $2,862
South Carolina SC21$2,359+171%$459 – $3,166
Massachusetts MA22$2,283+162%$827 – $5,621
South Dakota SD11$1,968+126%$1,536 – $1,968
Ohio OH35$1,776+104%$460 – $1,996
North Carolina NC29$1,534+76%$461 – $3,345
Washington WA29$1,445+66%$598 – $2,935
Texas TX85$1,387+59%$547 – $2,251
California CA79$1,373+58%$656 – $4,144
Louisiana LA20$1,266+46%$538 – $2,214
Virginia VA37$1,214+40%$521 – $2,876
Pennsylvania PA37$1,006+16%$63 – $2,063
Colorado CO12$969+11%$324 – $1,842
Missouri MO21$917+5%$239 – $2,813
Kentucky KY16$917+5%$172 – $2,680
New York NY38$790−9%$250 – $1,269
Illinois IL31$740−15%$219 – $2,768
West Virginia WV23$673−23%$439 – $802
Wisconsin WI28$669−23%$440 – $669
Georgia GA40$603−31%$560 – $2,507
Mississippi MS23$575−34%$265 – $863
Tennessee TN13$552−37%$120 – $870
Oregon OR26$545−37%$199 – $1,662
Nebraska NE20$420−52%$333 – $845
Iowa IA33$366−58%$234 – $1,341
Michigan MI32$295−66%$215 – $959
Minnesota MN13$281−68%$188 – $2,645
Indiana IN20$268−69%$169 – $1,571
Maine ME10$202−77%$99 – $543
Oklahoma OK20$144−84%$144 – $618
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not 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 $870.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care787$1,135$397 – $2,791
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access194$423$190 – $1,463
Ownership
For-profit89$1,387$397 – $2,797
Government176$618$217 – $1,656
Non-profit725$945$321 – $2,507
System affiliation
Part of a system829$958$349 – $2,680
Independent162$537$192 – $1,638

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,740
Median cash price$870
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

761 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,224 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,288; most fall between $326 and $2,791.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 761 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
$169$435$1,224$2,257$3,485

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($169 vs $3,485).

Of the 816 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 761 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 29 a list price only.

How complete is this

991 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (25%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,074 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted991
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here51
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded32
Hospitals that filed this code1,074

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 Filiform & Follwr Male 1st.

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 a narrowed urethra, first session (CPT 53620) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-53620-stretching-a-narrowed-urethra-first-session