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Internal Cutting of a Narrowed Urethra

Alaska 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?

$1,988

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,988 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$550 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$447 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $288 to $4,266Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $813professional $1,175

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Alaska sits

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

Alaska· 40th of 50

$1,988

$1,175 physician + $813 facility

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.