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Internal Cutting of a Narrowed Urethra

Iowa 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?

$4,165

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,165 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$437 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,318 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $646 to $6,761Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $776

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
$794.33
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 19th of 50

$4,165

$776 physician + $3,388 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.