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Internal Cutting of a Narrowed Urethra

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 52275

A thin telescope is passed along the urethra into the bladder so the doctor can see inside, and a narrowed, scarred segment of the urethra is cut open from within to widen it. Everything is done through the natural opening, with no external incision. It relieves a slow stream, straining, or incomplete emptying caused by the narrowing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Internal Cutting of a Narrowed Urethra cost?

$4,339

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,339 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 67 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$309 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,479 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $562 to $9,550Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $537

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,071.52

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

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IN $6,811MD $864

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.